Max Verstappen’s furious team radio message at Lewis Hamilton’s first-lap manoeuvre at F1 Australian Grand Prix
- F1 2023 Aust꧑ralian Grand Prix - Full Race results f꧂rom Round 3
- Verstappen beats Hamilton to win chaotic Australian🌠 GP
Pole-sitter Verstappen had both Mercedes behind him on the startin𝓰g grid, and George Russell🐼 soon claimed the lead on the first lap.
But it 🍌was Hamilton’s efforts at Turn 3 that drew the Red Bull driver to vent his fury.
“He pushed me off th♈e track” I was ahead at the apex! He pushe🐼d me off,” Verstappen said via team radio.
Jenson Button commented on the Sky comme🃏ntary: “I don’t know how he pushed him wide if he wa🗹sn’t ahead.
“He’s not pushed him wide. Max was good at giving him room or they would have col𓆏lided.”
Hamilton wa♑s ahead of Verstappen in the early exchanges in Melbourne.
But it didn't last in a crazy race with mulitple red flags and ✤a confusing conclusion.
Verstappen eventually cruised home to win - meaning Red Bull have won each of the first three races of the season - with H♏amilton in P2.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sp🐲orts, to football, to F1.
