Red Bull's senior advisor has opened up about Max Verstappen's highly controversial incident with George Russell that brought him one step closer to a race ban.

The Spanish Grand Prix stewards declared the late-race crash was ‘undoubtedly caused’ by Verstappen, while Russell labelled it “deliberate”. Verstappen was initially defiant, before conceding in the cold light of Monday morning that his move was “not right”.

Max Verstappen and George Russell made a bold comparison between Lewis Hamilton and the Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri crash at the Canadian Grand Prix.

Regardless of the endless debate and varying perspectives, the fact remains that Verstappen lost a huge haul of points due to the penalty, and has severely hindered his chances of a fifth world title for unnecessary driving at the Spanish GP.

Canadian Grand Prix winner George Russell feels he is driving better than he ever has as he approaches the final six months of his Mercedes contract.