Max Verstappen took his ninth victory of the 2024 Formula One season at the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, though he wasn’t exactly in a celebratory mood after the race, accusing Mercedes’ George Russell of trying to “screw him over.

Verstappen was unhappy with the role Russell, who rose from second to first on the grid, had played in the decision.

Max Verstappen may have sauntered to victory at the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, but that success did little to qwell his anger at Mercedes' George Russell over an incident in qualifying that saw him demoted from pole position to second place on the grid in Lusail.