One race on from Brookes’ difficult chat with Verstappen, Ted Kravitz also found himself on the wrong side of the reigning world champion. He accused the pit lane reporter of ‘singling out’ Red Bull ’s senior race strategy engineer, Stephen Knowles, over the Russell incident.

Max Verstappen has been in another contentious exchange with a journalist over the aftermath of his run-in with George Russell in Barcelona. Sky Sports' Rachel Brookes was on the receiving end of Verstappen's bluntness shortly after the chequered flag flew in Catalunya,

Red Bull alleged that the Mercedes driver had driven erratically behind Safety Car and displayed unsportsmanlike behavior.