A FURIOUS George Russell lashed out at the ‘unacceptable’ finale to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that saw his future team-mate Lewis Hamilton robbed of the F1 title.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won his first world championship in dramatic style after a final-lap overtake on Mercedes man Hamilton.
The Dutchman was on fresher tyres than his Brit rival and flew past him after a controversial safety car decision in the closing stages.
And Russell, who joins Mercedes next season, was left fuming after seeing Verstappen nick the crown in such contentious teerms.
He first tweeted: “THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!”
And followed up with: “Max is an absolutely fantastic driver who has had an incredible season and I have nothing but huge respect for him, but what just happened is absolutely unacceptable. I cannot believe what we’ve just seen.”
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