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Max Verstappen slams Liam Lawson for 'not very smart' move

We didn't hear from Max Verstappen over the radio after he and Liam Lawson collided in FP2, when neither of them was willing to back out of a timed lap as they drive side-by-side through the tight stadium section.

They touched and damage was done to both cars, debris coming to a rest on track and causing a brief red flag so the broken bits of carbon fibre could be cleared away.

Speaking in the media pen, Verstappen has issued a rather withering assessment of Lawson's driving and pointed out that the New Zealander doesn't yet have a place on the 2027 grid.

He said: "I don't think it was unlucky, maybe not-very-smart behaviour, what he was trying to do there. At the end of the day, it's not going to change my weekend but, if I were him, I would be acting a little bit smarter. Also, when you're fighting for your seat, it's not very smart behaviour."

The Verstappens have a lot of influence within the Red Bull setup, so it's easy to see that as a little bit of a thinly-veiled threat towards Lawson...