'Aggressive hysterics': how Russell & Verstappen F1 row spilled out of stewards’ room

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</div> <h2 class="masthead__standfirst">A qualifying squabble erupted into a fiery argument between George Russell and Max Verstappen at the Qatar Grand Prix, with Russell left "expecting a crash" at the start of the race. <strong>Adam Cooper</strong> reveals the story</h2> <figure class="wp-caption"> <img height="450" width="800" alt="2024 Qatar Grand Prix Max Verstappen George Russell" class="" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20450'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-400x225.jpg 400w, 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https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-658x370.jpg 658w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-200x113.jpg 200w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-vs-Verstappen-1-600x338.jpg 600w" /></noscript> <figcaption class="wp-caption-text"> <p class="wp-caption-image-text">Verstappen went to war with Russell and his "FIA buddies" at the Qatar GP</p> <p class="wp-caption-description"> Getty Images </p> </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div 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perhaps inevitable that things are getting a little tense in the <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/f1/">Formula 1</a> paddock, even for <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/max-verstappen/">Max Verstappen</a>, newly crowned as a four-time world champion.</p> <p>Never afraid to speak his mind the Dutchman was left fuming when he was given a one-place grid penalty in Qatar that demoted him from pole to second place, and handed the top spot to <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/george-russell/">George Russell</a>.</p> <p>Drivers taking aim at officialdom is hardly something new, but in this case he saved some of his frustration for his on-track rival, who he felt was directly responsible for getting their positions reversed.</p> <p>What unfolded between the pair was an extension of something that has become established practice over recent years – drivers grassing each other up on team radio in order to attract the attention of the FIA, and hence generate penalties. It’s a form of gamesmanship, and they all accept it.</p> <figure class="wp-caption"> <img height="450" width="800" alt="Verstappen Russell" class="" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20450'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-800x450.jpg 800w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-768x432.jpg 768w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-400x225.jpg 400w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-660x371.jpg 660w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-658x370.jpg 658w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-200x113.jpg 200w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-600x338.jpg 600w" data-lazy-src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-800x450.jpg" /><noscript><img height="450" width="800" alt="Verstappen Russell" class="" src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-800x450.jpg" srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-800x450.jpg 800w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-768x432.jpg 768w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-400x225.jpg 400w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-660x371.jpg 660w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-658x370.jpg 658w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-200x113.jpg 200w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Russell-Verstappen-600x338.jpg 600w" /></noscript> <figcaption class="wp-caption-text"> <p class="wp-caption-image-text">Heated exchanges began in parc ferme</p> <p class="wp-caption-description"> Getty Images </p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>There were multiple examples on Sunday alone. Most significantly Verstappen alerted his <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/teams/red-bull-racing/">Red Bull</a> team to the fact that he could see in his mirrors that <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/lando-norris/">Lando Norris</a> appeared not to have heeded yellow flags.</p> <p>As a frustrated Norris said when I told him of Verstappen’s contribution to his costly stop-and-go penalty: “Good on him, that’s what everyone does, I would do the same. Happy for him…”</p> </div> </section><section class="c-content-article content-article content-section"> <div class="container"> <div class="content-article__grid"> <div class="content-article__article"> <h2 class="title sanomat">Related article</h2> <article class="article-item "> <a class="article-item__cover-link " href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/broken-mirror-brings-bad-luck-in-qatar-gp-but-verstappen-rises-supreme/"></a> <div class="article-item__image article-item__image--cropped"> <img height="185" width="329" alt="Broken mirror brings bad luck in Qatar GP, but Verstappen rises supreme" class="" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20329%20185'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-200x113.jpg 200w" data-lazy-src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-329x185.jpg" /><noscript><img height="185" width="329" alt="Broken mirror brings bad luck in Qatar GP, but Verstappen rises supreme" class="" src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-329x185.jpg" srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar-2024-200x113.jpg 200w" /></noscript> </div> <div class="article-item__content"> <div class="article-item__row proxima"> <div class="article-item__tag tag tag--group"> <span>F1</span> </div> </div> <h2 class="article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat"> <a class="article-item__title-link" href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/broken-mirror-brings-bad-luck-in-qatar-gp-but-verstappen-rises-supreme/"> Broken mirror brings bad luck in Qatar GP, but Verstappen rises supreme </a> </h2> <div class="article-item__excerpt"> <p>Max Verstappen’s victory was perfectly executed in keeping the pursuing Lando Norris at bay for 35 laps then cruising home after the McLaren driver was awarded a stop/go penalty for…</p> </div> <div class="article-item__meta proxima"> <time class="article-item__date" datetime="2024-12-02">2nd December 2024</time> <div class="article-item__author">By Mark Hughes</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="content-article__content user-content"> <p>Norris in turn had noted that <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/lewis-hamilton/">Lewis Hamilton</a> was speeding in the pitlane, the <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/teams/mercedes-benz/">Mercedes</a> driver having had to brake suddenly when he realised what he had done.</p> <p><a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/fernando-alonso/">Fernando Alonso</a> meanwhile helpfully kept race control up to date on track limits excursions for the likes of <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/carlos-sainz/">Carlos Sainz</a> and <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/pierre-gasly/">Pierre Gasly</a>.</p> <p>“If Fernando sees something that we have not seen, then we look into it,” Aston boss Mike Krack told me.</p> <p>“And there were two or three that he mentioned that we double-checked and that we informed the race director of. So it’s teamwork. He helps us, and it helps the FIA to not make mistakes…”</p> <p>Often a radio message makes no difference as things like pit speeding are flagged automatically within the FIA systems, although sometimes it does encourage race control to take a look at an incident they missed.</p> <p>Where Verstappen believes that Russell stepped over the line was with his in-person contribution when they were both called to see the stewards – who in Qatar included <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/derek-warwick/">Derek Warwick</a> – to discuss an incident that occurred in Q3.</p> <p>Russell was building up on his prep lap to start his final qualifying run when he came across a slow moving Verstappen, and had to run wide. It was unusual in that neither man was on a hot lap, but these days preparing for one is so critical that any disturbance can make life difficult.</p> <p>Russell called it “super dangerous” on the radio, and felt it had potentially cost him pole.</p> <div class="video-embed"><div class="rll-youtube-player" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HCTVE7XUaVs" data-id="HCTVE7XUaVs" data-query="feature=oembed" data-alt="The moment that COST Max Verstappen pole in Qatar ❌⏱️"></div><noscript><iframe title="The moment that COST Max Verstappen pole in Qatar ❌⏱️" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HCTVE7XUaVs?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></noscript></div> <p>Crucial to what happened was a related decision involving <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/yuki-tsunoda/">Yuki Tsunoda</a>. After Friday’s sprint qualifying the Japanese driver was called up to the stewards for going too slowly, and while he said that he was moving over to let people by, he still landed a reprimand for failing to follow the race directors’ notes, in which the delta times are made clear.</p> <p>And at the bottom of their decision Warwick and his fellow stewards made a very important comment: “The stewards advise all competitors that particular attention will be paid to adherence to the event notes in the qualifying session and that any potentially dangerous behaviour or impeding may result in the application of grid penalties.”</p> <p>One team sporting director I spoke to in Qatar told me that having seen that he made absolutely sure that his drivers knew to stick to the delta time, and not hang about.</p> <p> </p> <h4><strong>Verstappen’s rage at Russell</strong></h4> <p>When Russell came across Verstappen he was not slow to make his feelings clear on the radio, and after the session he had words with the Dutch driver in parc fermé.</p> <p>They were then called up to the stewards, where they got into an argument, with sources indicating that both were agitated and a bit aggressive with each other.</p> <p>In Verstappen’s view Russell overstepped what you might call the driver’s code in terms of trying to get a rival into trouble. After winning Sunday’s race he made his feelings known.</p> <p>“I think I really spoke about valid reasons of what happened,” he said. “And it was clear cut that around me there were different scenarios going on as well, with people having colder tyres and stuff so they had to push anyway, and I didn’t want to then cause a scene into a last corner, and then no one had a lap. So very, very surprising.”</p> <p>Regarding Russell he said: “I was quite surprised when sitting there in the stewards’ room, what was all going on. Honestly, very disappointing, because I think we’re all here, we respect each other a lot.</p> <p>“And of course, I’ve been in that meeting room many times in my life, in my career with people that I’ve raced, and I’ve never seen someone trying to screw someone over that hard. And that for me… I lost all respect.”</p> <figure class="wp-caption"> <img height="450" width="800" alt="Max Verstappen Red Bull 2024 Qatar Grand Prix" class="" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20450'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-800x450.jpg 800w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-768x432.jpg 768w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-400x225.jpg 400w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-660x371.jpg 660w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-658x370.jpg 658w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-200x113.jpg 200w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-600x338.jpg 600w" data-lazy-src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-800x450.jpg" /><noscript><img height="450" width="800" alt="Max Verstappen Red Bull 2024 Qatar Grand Prix" class="" src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-800x450.jpg" srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-800x450.jpg 800w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-768x432.jpg 768w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-400x225.jpg 400w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-660x371.jpg 660w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-658x370.jpg 658w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-200x113.jpg 200w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Russell-2024-600x338.jpg 600w" /></noscript> <figcaption class="wp-caption-text"> <p class="wp-caption-image-text">Verstappen had few nice things to say about Russell after their qualifying tussle</p> <p class="wp-caption-description"> Red Bull </p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>What isn’t widely known is that the discussion between the drivers continued as they walked out of the stewards’ room. I won’t repeat here the words that Verstappen apparently said to Russell, as I didn’t hear them in person. However let’s just say the gist was along the lines of should he get a penalty then George should prepare for some action at the first corner.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section><section class="c-content-article content-article content-section"> <div class="container"> <div class="content-article__grid"> <div class="content-article__article"> <h2 class="title sanomat">Related article</h2> <article class="article-item "> <a class="article-item__cover-link " href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/one-race-to-prove-himself-at-alpine-heat-is-on-jack-doohan-as-ocon-signs-off/"></a> <div class="article-item__image article-item__image--cropped"> <img height="185" width="329" alt="One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off" class="" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20329%20185'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-200x113.jpg 200w" data-lazy-src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-329x185.jpg" /><noscript><img height="185" width="329" alt="One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off" class="" src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-329x185.jpg" srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Esteban-Ocon-walks-away-aftwr-crashing-out-of-the-2024-F1-Qatar-Grand-Prix-his-last-race-for-Alpine-200x113.jpg 200w" /></noscript> </div> <div class="article-item__content"> <div class="article-item__row proxima"> <div class="article-item__tag tag tag--group"> <span>F1</span> </div> </div> <h2 class="article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat"> <a class="article-item__title-link" href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/one-race-to-prove-himself-at-alpine-heat-is-on-jack-doohan-as-ocon-signs-off/"> One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off </a> </h2> <div class="article-item__excerpt"> <p>Esteban Ocon's Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: <strong>Chris Medland</strong>'s paddock diary</p> </div> <div class="article-item__meta proxima"> <time class="article-item__date" datetime="2024-12-02">2nd December 2024</time> <div class="article-item__author">By Chris Medland</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="content-article__content user-content"> <p>Unaware of this chat the stewards meanwhile debated their verdict. They probably didn’t need much convincing – Warwick plays it by the book and is strict on impeding – and in the early hours of Sunday morning the verdict came that Verstappen was getting a one-place penalty, thus swapping pole with Russell.</p> <p> </p> <h4><strong>What the stewards said about Verstappen’s one-place penalty</strong></h4> <p>“Car 1 was on a different preparation strategy to that of car 63,” they wrote. “Car 1 was well outside of the delta and the driver of car 1 explained he had let cars 4 and 14 past. The driver of car 63 claimed that he had adhered to the delta and did not expect car 1 to be on the racing line.</p> <p>“He stated that if a car was going slow in a high-speed corner, it should not be on the racing line. The stewards regard this case as a complicated one in that clearly car 1 did not comply with the race director’s event notes and clearly was driving, in our determination, unnecessarily slowly considering the circumstances.</p> <p>“It was obvious the driver of car 1 was attempting to cool his tyres. He also could see car 63 approaching as he looked in his mirror multiple times whilst on the small straight between Turns 11 and 12.”</p> <p>They also made it clear that they had opted for a lesser penalty than they could have.</p> <p>“Unusually, this incident occurred when neither car was on a push lap. Had car 63 been on a push lap, the penalty would have most likely been the usual three grid position penalty, however in mitigation of penalty, it was obvious that the driver of car 63 had clear visibility of Car 1 and that neither car was on a push lap.”</p> <figure class="wp-caption"> <img height="450" width="800" alt="Verstappen Qatar" class="" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20450'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--800x450.jpg 800w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--768x432.jpg 768w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--400x225.jpg 400w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--660x371.jpg 660w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--658x370.jpg 658w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--200x113.jpg 200w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--600x338.jpg 600w" data-lazy-src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--800x450.jpg" /><noscript><img height="450" width="800" alt="Verstappen Qatar" class="" src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--800x450.jpg" srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--800x450.jpg 800w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--768x432.jpg 768w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--400x225.jpg 400w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--660x371.jpg 660w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--658x370.jpg 658w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--200x113.jpg 200w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Verstappen-Qatar--600x338.jpg 600w" /></noscript> <figcaption class="wp-caption-text"> <p class="wp-caption-image-text">Verstappen’s turn-around pole was spoiled by an odd penalty</p> <p class="wp-caption-description"> Red Bull </p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Inevitably Verstappen was left fuming – it wasn’t just losing a hard won pole, but having it happen due in his eyes to a fellow driver dropping him in it.</p> <p>“I couldn’t believe that I got it,” the Dutchman said of the penalty on Sunday night. “But in a way, I was also like, yeah, I’m not surprised anymore in the world that I live in. So, you’re not happy with it.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section><section class="c-content-article content-article content-section"> <div class="container"> <div class="content-article__grid"> <div class="content-article__article"> <h2 class="title sanomat">Related article</h2> <article class="article-item "> <a class="article-item__cover-link " href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/mph-verstappen-says-hed-be-f1-champion-in-a-mclaren-were-not-so-sure/"></a> <div class="article-item__image article-item__image--cropped"> <img height="185" width="329" alt="MPH: Verstappen says he’d be F1 champion in a McLaren. We’re not so sure" class="" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20329%20185'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Max-Verstappen-smiles-at-Lando-Norris-after-the-2024-F1-Austrian-Grand-Prix-sprint-race-329x185.jpg 329w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Max-Verstappen-smiles-at-Lando-Norris-after-the-2024-F1-Austrian-Grand-Prix-sprint-race-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Max-Verstappen-smiles-at-Lando-Norris-after-the-2024-F1-Austrian-Grand-Prix-sprint-race-330x186.jpg 330w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Max-Verstappen-smiles-at-Lando-Norris-after-the-2024-F1-Austrian-Grand-Prix-sprint-race-165x93.jpg 165w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Max-Verstappen-smiles-at-Lando-Norris-after-the-2024-F1-Austrian-Grand-Prix-sprint-race-82x46.jpg 82w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Max-Verstappen-smiles-at-Lando-Norris-after-the-2024-F1-Austrian-Grand-Prix-sprint-race-172x97.jpg 172w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Max-Verstappen-smiles-at-Lando-Norris-after-the-2024-F1-Austrian-Grand-Prix-sprint-race-200x113.jpg 200w" data-lazy-src="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Max-Verstappen-smiles-at-Lando-Norris-after-the-2024-F1-Austrian-Grand-Prix-sprint-race-329x185.jpg" /><noscript><img height="185" width="329" alt="MPH: Verstappen says he’d be F1 champion in a McLaren. 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We're not so sure </a> </h2> <div class="article-item__excerpt"> <p>Max Verstappen says that he would have clinched his fourth Formula 1 world chanpionship even quicker, had he been a McLaren driver in 2024. <strong>Mark Hughes</strong> has examined the claim and begs to differ</p> </div> <div class="article-item__meta proxima"> <time class="article-item__date" datetime="2024-11-29">29th November 2024</time> <div class="article-item__author">By Mark Hughes</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="content-article__content user-content"> <p>“At one point or another, you have to just turn the page. But it wasn’t very enjoyable to see that happen, because I think that’s the first time that in a slow lap someone has been penalised.</p> <p>“While actually, I just tried to be nice. So maybe I shouldn’t be nice. But the thing is that well, being nice, because at the end of the season, everything is more or less decided, for me especially, I didn’t want to screw anyone over to prepare their lap.</p> <p>“And by doing that, being nice, basically you get a penalty. And that’s what I tried to explain as well. But I just felt like I was talking to a brick wall. So there’s not much that was possible, for whatever reason.”</p> <p>In effect what he did overnight and into Sunday morning was channel that frustration into being absolutely determined to prove a point, which is what happened in <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2024-sao-paulo-grand-prix/">Brazil</a> last month after the qualifying red flag caught him out.</p> <p>“I think yesterday’s penalty was more based on hysterics from George, who has been quite hysterical this weekend,” said Christian Horner. “But unfortunately I think there was a little bit of gamesmanship going on in that.</p> <p>“I think he was disappointed with it. If you look at it objectively, one could argue that perhaps George was driving a little too quickly on a slow lap with two slow cars ahead of him. So maybe he was driving recklessly.</p> <p>“So it was frustrating to get that penalty, but he was already motivated to win this race, and I think it only added to his enthusiasm to get off the line well.”</p> <figure class="wp-caption"> <img height="450" width="800" alt="Qatar start 2024" class="" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20450'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Qatar-start-2024-800x450.jpg 800w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Qatar-start-2024-300x169.jpg 300w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Qatar-start-2024-768x432.jpg 768w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Qatar-start-2024-400x225.jpg 400w, https://motorsportmagazine.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Qatar-start-2024-660x371.jpg 660w, 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The parallels to another sporting great are unavoidable for <strong>Cambridge Kisby</strong></p> </div> <div class="article-item__meta proxima"> <time class="article-item__date" datetime="2024-11-08">8th November 2024</time> <div class="article-item__author">By Cambridge Kisby</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="content-article__content user-content"> <p>He may race hard, but of course Max was never going to do anything like what <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/ayrton-senna/">Ayrton Senna</a> did to <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/alain-prost/">Alain Prost</a> at <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/circuits/suzuka/">Suzuka</a> in <a href="https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1990-japanese-grand-prix/">1990</a>, and actively torpedo his rival. That’s not his style, and he had a race to win.</p> <p>On the other hand if Russell had pulled the wrong move in trying to defend, then who knows what might have happened, because Verstappen was clearly in no mood to say, “after you, George.”</p> <p>In the end Russell got off the line poorly and Verstappen made a clean pass, as did Lando Norris, and the Mercedes driver was left trailing.</p> <p> </p> <h4><strong>Russell’s race-day reaction</strong></h4> <p>When I asked Russell later about Verstappen being on a mission at the start he made an interesting comment.</p> <p>“Yeah, to be honest, I was expecting a crash,” he said. “But ultimately we made it easy for him, because both Lewis and I made terrible starts. So it was a pretty simple overtake for him, which was a bit frustrating for us.”</p> <p>However when I asked him if those concerns about a crash were related to the previous night’s banter, he didn’t bite.</p> <p>“No, no concerns,” he said. “We know Max is a fighter and is aggressive. I expect no different. I really wanted to go out there and fight with him today, like we could have done in the sprint.”</p> <p>All of this has to be considered in the context of the bigger picture of the change of race director from Niels Wittich to Rui Marques.</p> <p>While decisions are made and penalties are chosen by stewards, and Warwick and his colleagues are an experienced team, the departure of Wittich has put an even bigger focus on any controversies.</p> <p>Fuelled by social media these days, pretty much every call the FIA makes will upset somebody and trigger ridiculous accusations of bias. 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