Former F1 team manager Windsor analyses late 'skirmish' between rivals Russell and Verstappen

The former Williams team manager and paddock expert has commented on the incident bnetween the two rivals, where Red Bull lodged a post-race protest after they deemed George Russell to have broken safety car refulations.

Max Verstappen's race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase told him to not give in to the 'gamesmanship' that Russell had started, but both remained cool, and nothing came of the incident after a post-race ruling.

"George therefore, had that advantage and took it right through the end of the race," Windsor explained on his YouTube channel that Russell performed well during the race, leading from start to finish with little challenge from Verstappen. "There was, under the safety car conditions, a little bit of a skirmish. I said, Max Vs George 2.0 yesterday," he revealed.

After the two started alongside each other on the grid, many expected the pair to battle more in the opening stages, including the international media.

"There wasn't too much going on until they were behind the safety car when on the back straight leading up to the last corner. From Max's point of view, George suddenly braked much too hard, too suddenly, forcing Max to go outside and effectively put a nose in front behind the safety car. And before George could get on the radio to say, Max just passed me under the safety car, Max is on the radio saying, George is braking in a very weird way, and I was forced to avoid him," explained Windsor.

"So I don't think any further action will be taken there," he stated before the official verdict. Windsor was correct, and both were left unpunished. Red Bull got on the radio to Max to say, look, don't rise to what they described as gamesmanship. I'm sure George Russell would say, no, I didn't brake too early.