George Russell: Verstappen tried to show who's boss — he got it wrong
George Russell believes Max Verstappen was attempting to intimidate him during the closing laps of the Barcelona Grand Prix, but did not intend to crash into him.
Verstappen initially refused to apologise for appearing to deliberately collide with the Mercedes car near the end of a dramatic conclusion to the race, but he took to social media the following Monday to admit his error. He did not directly apologise or mention Russell in the statement.
'I'm not looking for an apology,' Russell, 27, said on Thursday from the Mercedes motorhome in Montreal before the Canadian Grand Prix. 'I don't think he needs to apologise to me. From my side, his actions cost him and they benefited me. So I should be almost thanking him, but it's good to see that he took accountability, which I was a bit surprised [about].
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