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Originally Posted by M5Rick
It's the same with Max's little convo with Russell after he shaved his cars' left sidepod off in the sprint, Max showed restraint with a warning to him afterwards about doing that, if he had not said anything to him then of course Russell would think it's alright to do that and in his retort to Max afterwards he said he would continue to do it like a typical trouble maker.
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It's more effective to keep cool: grace under pressure. Verstappen has matured. A younger version of Verstappen could have gotten more physical with Russell. Russell slapped Bottas during
Remember his father-in-law going into 'Jean-Claude Van Damme' mode with Chilean driver Salazar during the 1982 German GP (Hockenheim) after an unlapping incident:
And Senna punching Irvine (he hit him on the temple and pushed him off the massage table) after the 1993 Japanese GP (Suzuka) because of unlapping followed by holding Senna up as backmarker. Senna still won the race but fumed. Senna got a 2-race ban for his physical violence and told the press later that his violence was unacceptable (but still blaming Irvine for what he had done on track). Rumor has it that Irvine jokingly shouted "Insurance claim!" after he got punched by Senna:
Yeah, crashing with a race leader during an unlapping move, can hit nerves.
Russell 'slapped' Bottas during the 2021 Italian GP (Imola) after they collided: