Russell: Verstappen Said He’d Crash Into Me, ‘Put Me on My F–king Head in the Wall’ | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

MONTREAL, QUEBEC - JUNE 09: Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing and Third placed George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes attend the press conference after the F1 Grand Prix of Canada at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 09, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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Max Verstappen apparently had choice words for George Russell prior to the Qatar Grand Prix.

The pair attended a stewards’ hearing following a tense moment in qualifying. Once the meeting concluded, Russell said Verstappen threatened he would “purposefully go out of his way to crash into me and ‘put me on my f–king head in the wall,'” per ESPN’s Nate Saunders.

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