Max Verstappen made clear there is no love lost between him and George Russell following a controversial incident in the qualifying session of the Qatar Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen took his ninth victory of the 2024 Formula One season at the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, though he wasn’t exactly in a celebratory mood after the race, accusing Mercedes’ George Russell of trying to “screw him over.

Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen says he “lost all respect” for Mercedes driver George Russell after an incident between them in qualifying cost him pole position on the grid for the Qatar Grand Prix

Max Verstappen has hit out at Mercedes driver George Russell after the Stewards meeting yesterday which ended in the former losing his pole position for the Qat

Dramatic behind-the-scenes footage of Max Verstappen and George Russell has been teased following their bust-up at the Qatar Grand Prix. The four-time world champion and the Mercedes star initially came together on track when a fast-approaching Russell approached a slow-moving Verstappen in qualifying.

Max Verstappen may have sauntered to victory at the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, but that success did little to qwell his anger at Mercedes' George Russell over an incident in qualifying that saw him demoted from pole position to second place on the grid in Lusail.

The Dutchman says Russell ‘always acts very nice here in front of the cameras’ but is ‘a completely different person’ in the stewards’ room.