Verstappen and Russell's Sprint Race Replay

I'm surprised Verstappen didn't just back out and think, you know what. As soon as DRS is enabled, Russell having no rear wing still wouldn't be able to drag him. He probably should have just thought about the championship in that moment. The damage looks a lot worse than what the incident actually was. And maybe he was concerned that he was going to lose a place to science as well if he let Russell go. It's not like Russell's steaming into the corner - they're both turning full lock into the corner. They've been on a, on a level with each other. So there probably was that sense of urgency of, if George passes me