Kimi Antonelli demands George Russell penalty as Mercedes rivalry begins

Kimi Antonelli has called for George Russell to be handed a penalty in the sprint at the Canadian Grand Prix after the Italian deemed his team-mate had pushed him off track.

The pair came to blows in the first corner, just a handful of laps into the 24-lap race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with Antonelli jumping across the grass having briefly taken the lead with an ambitious move.

Moments later, the broadcast cut to the 19-year-old again off track, before he took aim at his team-mate over radio, with his displeasure at the Turn 1 incident.

Antonelli felt Russell had not allowed him adequate space on the corner exit, essentially pushing him onto the grass. His second excersion saw the former drop into third behind McLaren's Lando Norris, after the team-mates had locked out the front row of the grid.

"That was very naughty!" he exclaimed, before adding: That should be a penalty, I was alongside the mirror!"

The three-time grand prix winner continued to complain to race engineer Pete Bonnington before Toto Wolff got involved.

"Kimi, concentrate on the driving, please, not on the radio moaning," the Mercedes team principal said.