{"id":296126,"date":"2023-11-24T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T20:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=296126"},"modified":"2023-11-24T20:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T20:24:01","slug":"max-verstappen-fumes-at-silly-lewis-hamilton-and-george-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/max-verstappen-fumes-at-silly-lewis-hamilton-and-george-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen fumes at &apos;silly&apos; Lewis Hamilton and George Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Max Verstappen fumes at &#8216;silly&#8217; Lewis Hamilton and George Russell and accuses &#8216;slow&#8217; Mercedes pair of trying to &#8216;squeeze him into the wall&#8217; as he went to overtake in pit lane in Abu Dhabi<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Max Verstappen was seen overlapping both Mercedes cars in Abu Dhabi pit-lane\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Dutchman was criticised but Verstappen turned the ire onto his &#8216;slow&#8217; rivals\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It comes days after Dutchman was quizzed on teaming up with Lewis Hamilton\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Max Verstappen reignited his rivalry with Mercedes by hitting out at &#8216;slow&#8217; Lewis Hamilton and George Russell after a bizarre clash in practice which saw the Red Bull driver attempt to overtake both in the pit-lane.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An impatient Verstappen was seen weaving past rivals in the narrow pit-lane during practice at the Abu Dhabi circuit.<\/p>\n<p>While plenty were left unimpressed by Verstappen&#8217;s antics, the Dutchman turned the focus around onto Hamilton and Russell who he felt were &#8216;silly&#8217; in trying to &#8216;squeeze&#8217; him into the wall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They have to move,&#8217; Verstappen moaned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;re all driving slow and I want to go out because we&#8217;re all limited on time and they just keep driving in the middle. And when I tried to pass, they tried to squeezed me in the wall, so a bit silly.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/19\/78209419-12788443-image-a-17_1700854429702.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen was furious with Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/19\/78209425-12788443-image-a-18_1700854432389.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman felt his &#8216;slow&#8217; rivals were trying to &#8216;squeeze&#8217; him into the wall in the pit-lane<\/p>\n<p>It was a frustrating second practice for Verstappen, with Ferrari top of the timings sheet at the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His Red Bull, as well as that of team-mate Sergio Perez, showed an alarming lack of balance during the session.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;From our side, the balance is very off,&#8217; Verstappen said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A lot of understeer, a lot of jumping &#8211; so definitely a few things to figure out for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t expect it to be so far off, and also that is a bit of a question mark for us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I mean, we are still P3, it&#8217;s not too bad, but balance-wise I think it can be a lot better. So, we will try and have a look what happened there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/19\/78119431-12788443-Lewis_Hamilton_right_was_open_to_becoming_Max_Verstappen_s_left_-a-19_1700854603298.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton (right) was open to becoming Verstappen&#8217;s (left) team-mate before penning his bumper new \u00a350m-a-year Mercedes deal, Mail Sport sensationally revealed this week<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen&#8217;s row with Mercedes comes just a day after he was quizzed on Mail Sport&#8217;s exclusive story that Hamilton was open to joining forces with him before he inked his new deal with the Silver Arrows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in practice, which was red-flagged on two occasions, Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc edged out Lando Norris.<\/p>\n<p>A combined 30-minute delay wiped out half of the one-hour session after Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg both crashed out.<\/p>\n<p>Leclerc saw off Norris by just 0.043 seconds, with Verstappen third, 0.173 sec off the pace. Russell and Hamilton finished sixth and eighth respectively for Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12788443\/Max-Verstappen-fumes-silly-Lewis-Hamilton-George-Russell-accuses-slow-Mercedes-pair-trying-squeeze-wall-went-overtake-pit-lane-Abu-Dhabi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Max Verstappen fumes at &#8216;silly&#8217; Lewis Hamilton and George Russell and accuses &#8216;slow&#8217; Mercedes pair of trying to &#8216;squeeze him into the wall&#8217; as he <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/max-verstappen-fumes-at-silly-lewis-hamilton-and-george-russell\/\" title=\"Max Verstappen fumes at &amp;apos;silly&amp;apos; Lewis Hamilton and George Russell\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Max Verstappen fumes at &amp;apos;silly&amp;apos; 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