Kimi Antonelli furiously demands punishment after incident with teammate George Russell during Canada GP sprint

Kimi Antonelli was left furious following an incident with Mercedes teammate George Russell during the Canadian Grand Prix sprint race.

The Italian was beaten to pole position during a disrupted sprint qualifying session, with Russell edging Antonelli by just 0.068 seconds after a lengthy red-flag stoppage following Fernando Alonso's crash.

There was no love lost between the two teammates during Saturday's sprint race which culminated in an on-track incident that required team principal Toto Wolff to intervene.

Antonelli first attempted an ambitious overtake on the race leader on lap 6 and tried again to squeeze around his teammate before veering off the track and allowing McLaren's Lando Norris to pass him.

The youngster immediately jumped on the team radio to claim Russell pushed him off the circuit.

He said: "That was very naughty. That should be a penalty, I was alongside the wing mirror."

His race engineer, Peter Bonnington, attempted to keep his mind on the job replying: "So let’s just keep it cool. So let’s just get this back under control Kimi, focus on Norris, focus on the driving"

Antonelli replied: "I don't care he pushed me off."

Wolf also jumped on the team communications to remind Antonelli of his responsibilities saying: "Can we concentrate on the driving, please, and not on the radio moaning?"

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Russell was able to hold on for the win with Antonelli unable to regain second position from Norris.

There was a brief handshake between the two drivers at the end of the race before they took their place on the podium.

Sky Sports commentator Martin Brundle said: "I can see more now, watching it frame by frame, why Kimi felt he was entitled to some racing room."

Speaking on the incident post-race, Antonelli claimed he would need to review the footage and maintained he felt it was his corner.

Antonelli said: "It was a tough battle, we were all there in terms of pace, it was not easy. I tried to make my move, I need to review it, I was quite well alongside and got pushed off.

"It it what it is. I made a big mistake on turn eight and compromised by race but it was a good battle."

Russell replied with a smirk: "It's very difficult to get a gap around here. It was a good battle with Kimi. I'm glad we're both standing here after the race."