Max Verstappen Snaps at Sky F1 Reporter After George Russell Clash Fallout

Max Verstappen’s patience wore thin in Montreal when a Sky Sports reporter questioned Red Bull’s controversial team call during the Spanish Grand Prix.

Two weeks after Verstappen clashed with George Russell in Barcelona in an incident that cost him a 10-second penalty and three penalty points, Sky F1’s Ted Kravitz confronted the reigning World Champion about how his team made the decision to hand the place back to Russell during the race.

At the time, Verstappen had gone off-track at Turn 1 while battling Russell and was told by his race engineer to relinquish the position to avoid a likely penalty. However, the stewards later ruled that Verstappen was forced wide and should not have needed to give the place back.

Kravitz zeroed in on the man now handling those decisions for Red Bull, Stephen Knowles, who recently took over from Jonathan Wheatley, the team’s long-serving Sporting Director.

“I assume it was him who told ‘GP’ to tell you to give the place back to George, which wasn’t the right call,” Kravitz said. “How are you working that out with him?”