Pastor Maldonado reacts to George Russell's comment on Max Verstappen (Image via Getty || Instagram@autosport)
Former F1 driver Pastor Maldonado recently gave an interesting reaction to George Russell's claim that Max Verstappen threatened to crash into him at the Qatar GP. This was amid the tussle between Russell and Verstappen regarding the one-place grid penalty at Qatar.
During qualifying for the Qatar GP, Verstappen was given a one-place grid penalty for impeding Russell while he was on a slow lap. After the qualifying, he explained how Russell pushed extra hard for the race stewards to give him a penalty. Sunday's race in Lusail went relatively smoothly as Verstappen overtook the Mercedes driver and won the race.
Coming into the Abu Dhabi GP, the heated row between George Russell and Max Verstappen continued. The Mercedes driver claimed that the four-time world champion threatened to intentionally crash into him during the Qatar GP.
