Overview

• Ted Kravitz’s Notes from the Pit Lane publishes fresh recollections that bring the 2024 Verstappen–Russell row back into focus.
• Russell is quoted asking Kravitz in the Abu Dhabi TV pen to push follow‑up questions so he could "give it back to Max" and call out "bullying tactics."
• The friction traces to Qatar qualifying, where Verstappen received a grid penalty after Russell took avoiding action, with both drivers accusing each other afterward.
• Team principals Christian Horner and Toto Wolff became involved during the Abu Dhabi finale as the war of words escalated off track.
• Russell alleged Verstappen issued a violent threat, which Verstappen denies, and the tensions later cooled over the winter before resurfacing through the book’s accounts.