Verstappen blames anger for move that wasn't right

Max Verstappen said Monday that frustration caused "a move that was not right and shouldn't have happened", a day after he initially seemed unrepentant over his collision with George Russell at Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix.

- Agencies

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Before the collision, Verstappen had been asked by his Red Bull team to give up a place to Russell. It followed an earlier incident between the two drivers when Russell had tried to get past Verstappen, who went off the track.

The race stewards ruled Verstappen had "suddenly accelerated" before the collision and Russell said it "felt very deliberate". The stewards gave Verstappen a 10-second penalty which dropped him from fifth to 10th and left him 49 points off standings leader Oscar Piastri, who won Sunday's race.