George Russell says it would be justified for Max Verstappen to rec♎eive an F1 race ban if he accumulates more penalty points.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Verstappen was given three penalty points on his super licence and a 10-second penalty for his controversial clash with Russell in the closing stages of the Spanish Grand Prix. The penalty demoted Verstappen to 𓄧10th on the road, acting as a blow to his hopes of winning a fifth straight drivers’ world title this year.

But arguably the bigger𝔍 consequence is that the Red Bull driver is just one penalty point away from triggering an automatic suspension and must get through the next t♑wo races in Canada and Austria without incident.

Reflecting on the precarious penalty tightrope Verstappen finds himself walking, Russell told media ahead of the F1 Canadian Grand Prix:♎ "If h😼e gets to 12 points it [a ban] wouldn't be unjust.

“At the end of the day, that's why the penalty points are there. If you keep driving recklessly you will accumu❀late points, and get punished with a race ban. You've got it in your own hands and it doesn't go without risk.

"He ෴was trying to run me off the road. I don't think he was trying to intentionalꦦly crash into me. He wanted to just sort of scare me a bit, but he just misjudged it. Again, it wasn't going to scare me, it was just all a bit surprising.

"I'm not looking for an apology. His actions cost him and they benefited me, so I shou𒀰ld be almost thanking him.

"Obvi🔥ously I'd be feeling very differently if it took me out of the race. But it is good to sꦦee that he took accountability. I was a bit surprised about that.”

Russell reveals private Verstappen chat

Russell revealed he briefly spoke to Verstappen when the pair bumped into each other at the airport when the Mercedes driver was on his wa♐y to watch the French Open at Roland Garros.

“That was quite funny to be fair and I did have a giggle about that,” Russell  said about Verstappen sarcasticallyꦡ offering him a tissue following their tangle in Spain♔.

"We bumped into each other at the airport on Sunday morning when I wa🌳s going to Roland Garros.

"To be honest, I tot💮ally forgot about Barcelona because he was there with his newborn [baby] , and we were at the security machine. He just had a quick chat and then he was busy folding the pram down to p🔯ut it through the machine.”

Asked whether he thinks Verstappen will change his notoriously-aggressive approach to wheel-to-wheel combat, Russell replied: "It depends on the circumstances, doesn't 𝄹it? When you are going for a championship, it's slightly differen𝄹t.

"That's why I believe he wasn't intentionally trying to crash🌊 into me. He was just trying to get his💧 elbows out and show who's boss.

"But he 𒆙got it wrong. Jos [Verstappen's father] is the boss. I'm going to continue racing exactly the same way because at the end of the day that's what I did last week and I benefited from it.”