Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner has accused 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell of ♕being “hysterical” 🧸over the Qatar Grand Prix weekend.

Horner believes Mercedes and Russell “made a big meal” out of the incident that led to Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen being stripped of pole position and demot🌊ed to second place on the grid in Qatar.

Four-time world champion Verstappen bounced back from the penalty to claim his ninth win o▨f the season during Sunday’s eventful race.

“I think ye🐎sterday’s [Saturday’s] penalty was more based on hysterics from George, who has been quite hysterical this we⛦ekend,” Horner told media including   in Qatar.

“I think there was a little bit of gam🦋esmans𓃲hip going on in that.”

Horner suggested the penalty made Verstappen, who immediately overtoo🌄k Russell at the start, even more determin💟ed to win.

“Max, I think he was disappointed,” he explained.

“I mean, if you look at it objectively, one could argue that perhaps George was driving a little too q💜uickly on a slow lap with two slow cars 🌟ahead of him. So maybe he was driving recklessly.

“It was frustrating to get that penalty but he was already motivated ౠto win this race and I think it only added to his enthusiasm to get off the line well.”

Horner added: “Let’s just say he wasn’t enam𝓡oured with the decision.

“It was a very strange decision because the circumstances of yesterday, both cars were on slow laps and I did feel th﷽at George and Mercedes made a big meal out of it.

“Iꦑt was unprecedented on a slow lap for Max 𝓡to end up with a one-place penalty.

“But he converted the dirtieꦫst side of the grid into one of his best starts of the year and was determined that wherever George was going to brake, he was going to brake later.

“And converted that grid poꦫsitio🐈n into the lead by the end of Turn 1.”

Verstappen has ‘lost all respect’ for Russell

Speaking after the race, Verstappen said he has “lost aꦓll respect” for Russell after 🦋being left unhappy about the Mercedes driver’s role in the incident.

"I was quite surprised when sitting there in the stewards' room, w꧋hat was all going on," Verstappen said.

"Honestly, very disappointing because I think we're all h🌟ere, we respect each other a lot and, of course, I've been in﷽ that meeting room many times in my life, in my career with people that have raced, and I've never seen someone trying to screw someone over that hard.

"And that for me… I lost all respect.”

Verstappen went on to tell Dutch TV station Viaplay: "He always acts extremely polite iꦫn front of the cameras but if you sit together with him personally🎃, he's a completely different person.

"I truly can't stand that. Then you might as well get lo♉st. I don't want anything to do with you."