Max Verstappen’s innocence has been doubted after he denied George Russell’s claims about their argument.
Russell claimed that Verstappen had threatened to “put my head in the f***** wall”, which the F1 champion flatly said is not true.
Their feisty verbal back-and-forth has dominated the build-up to Sunday’s F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
MAX VERSTAPPEN V GEORGE RUSSELL ROW IN ABU DHABI
“All that’s missing is that they get the fists out! It’s more than a niggle,” Nico Rosberg analysed for Sky Sports.
“It’s thrilling to watch from the outside. From the inside, trust me, it’s horrible!
“It’s so consuming. The teams get involved, the team bosses start fighting, Toto Wolff and Christian Horner got into a renewed fight over this, your family gets involved…
“Internally, it is incredibly intense and stressful.
“There are two sides – Max is the streetfighter who thinks he’s the king now, and above the law.
“George, like the Dutch would say, needs to go back in his pram and you need to give him a toy!
“Honestly, I think it’s 50-50.”
Rosberg added: “Max said he’d put George’s head in a wall so there’s no more cordial stuff!”
It was swiftly noted that Verstappen’s version of events did not include that brutal comment.
But Rosberg has his doubts.
“We’re talking about Max who told all the journalists in the room: ‘If one more person mentions it, I’m going to headbutt you’,” Rosberg said, referring to a 2018 press conference.
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