Verstappen: That move was not right

Verstappen admitted his move came in the aftermath the falling apart of his race after a Safety Car came out to allow for the clearance of Kimi Antonelli's broken-down Mercedes from the track.

Red Bull Racing took the inexplicable decision of pitting the reigning Formula 1 champion under the Safety Car and giving him a new set of Hards, arguing they had no other tyre left.

As a result, Verstappen was a sitting duck at the start, trying to defend against Charles Leclerc first after almost crashing in the final corner had it not been for his amazing car control skills.

Leclerc passed Verstappen after veering into the #1 Red Bull, something the Ferrari driver got away with, but then Verstappen had to defend from Russell.

They touched in Turn 1, but the Dutchman took to the escape road and rejoined ahead of the Mercedes only for the Red Bull pitwall to instruct him to cede the position, an instruction that frustrated Verstappen and that turned out to be a wrong one, as the race stewards took no further action on the incident.

But then the red mist moment descended on Verstappen, and as he slowed down to allow Russell to pass, he then sped up and rammed him, for which he got a ten-second time penalty, ending up tenth on the grid.

But it seems that after 24 hours of reflection, Verstappen admitted he was in the wrong and posted on social media: "We had an exciting strategy and good race in Barcelona, till the safety car came out.

"Our tyre choice to the end and some moves after the safety car restart fueled my frustration, leading to a move that was not right and shouldn’t have happened.

"I always give everything out there for the team and emotions can run high. You win some together, you lose some together. See you in Montreal," Verstappen concluded.