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George Russell has addressed the reports linking Max Verstappen to Mercedes during a brutally honest interview. On Sunday, Russell, 27, won the Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve ahead of Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli.

The FIA hit the Red Bull star and four-time world champion with a 10-second penalty in the race, followed by three penalty points on his super license. That means Verstappen enters the Canadian Grand Prix with 11 points total on his super license in total. F1's rules dictate 12 penalty points in a 12-month period trigger a one-race suspension.

Christian Horner has revealed that Red Bull approached the FIA ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix to keep them savvy to ‘gamesmanship’ involving Max Verstappen. The Dutchman went into the weekend one penalty point away from a one-race suspension. This was something that other drivers considered exploiting.

George Russell and Max Verstappen will start on the front row together just two weeks after their controversial clash in Spain; Verstappen slammed a question about his race ban threat; watch the Canadian GP live on Sky Sports F1 at 7pm on Sunday,

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Verstappen is just one point away from an automatic race ban after he was slapped with three points for crashing into Russell at the previous race in Spain. The Spanish Grand Prix

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,