Verstappen in scuffle with Ocon after dramatic crash

MAX Verstappen shoved Esteban Ocon three times after he dramatically squared up to the driver who robbed him of a brilliant victory in Brazil.

Verstappen (21) had been in complete control of the Interlagos race, following a fantastic performance in which he passed all four Mercedes and Ferrari cars, only to be taken out of the lead when Ocon, a lap down, dramatically crashed into his Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton picked up the 10th victory of his championship-winning campaign — completing a remarkable half-century of triumphs from his last 99 starts — but it was Verstappen’s crash with Ocon, and their jaw-dropping confrontation captured by television cameras, which took centre stage.

Verstappen (above) was still seething with rage after the incident on lap 44. Ocon went wheel-to-wheel with the Red Bull driver at 220mph, before the Frenchman banged into the right-rear of Verstappen’s car through the Senna Esses, sending him into a race-losing spin.

“What an idiot,” Verstappen fumed over the radio before he recovered to finish second.

“I don’t know what to say,” Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase said in the seconds after the flag had fallen.

“I know what to say,” Verstappen replied. “I hope I don’t find him in the paddock.” The rest of his message contained a series of bleeped-out expletives.

For the first time in nearly 40 years, Formula One saw its first fight on camera with some shoving. Following the stewards’ investigation, Verstappen will now have to complete two days of community service for the FIA. Leading final Positions after Race (71 Laps): 1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1hr 27mins 09.066secs, 2 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:27:10.535, 3 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:27:13.830. TONY Bellew ended his boxing career with no regrets and now wants to fade into obscurity after defeat to undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.

Bellew (right) had the opportunity to become the first Briton to simultaneously clinch all four major world titles in a weight class — plus the prestigious Ring Magazine belt — on his career swansong at a raucous Manchester Arena.

Despite being a considerable underdog with the bookmakers, the 35-year-old made an encouraging start against a fighter widely regarded as among the finest in any division on the planet.

But there was to be no fairytale finish for the brave Bellew, who was put down with a crisp right jab, left hook combination before referee Terry O’Connor waved the count two minutes into the eighth round.