Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has defended George Russell's Mercedes team radio outburst during the Mexico Grand Prix.

A delayed team orders call to swap positions with team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli left the British driver exasperated. With Oscar Piastri closing in behind him and what he felt was good pace in his tyres, Russell requested that he swap positions with Antonelli in front of him on lap 35. While Mercedes did not allow the pass, Russell was told he was "free to race".

After several laps of pushing for the team orders call, Russell's race engineer, Marcus Dudley, asked the driver to manage the "rear surface temperatures", to which he firmly responded, "Marcus, I've got a ****ing car in my ****. A car much quicker than ours. I'm trying to hold pos

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