In their battle over fifth position, Raikkonen touched the rear of Verstappen at Turn 2, costing Kimi a chunk of his left-front wing endplate.

On the team radio, Raikkonen complained: "He moved right and then back to left when I was going there. And he took the [bleeping] front wing off.

"If he's not stopping moving then we'll hit each other. Because I moved first, so he moved after that, once I have decided to go outside and he turns after that wasn't fair."

Verstappen defended his tactics, however, when challenged over what Raikkonen had said on the radio.

"You hear Kimi finally talking on the radio, that's good!" quipped Verstappen. "No, I have no issues, I think everything was fair.

"I only moved once. Will be very strange if I get penalised I think.

"I could see him coming so he was very optimistic to dive to the inside, so I turned to the inside so he had to brake. He locked up and hit the rear of my car, my tyre, I don't know. That can happen."

"I've seen people penalised for much less"

Raikkonen continued his anger after the race.

"It's not my decision to decide if it's correct or not," he said. "I've seen people penalised for much less, but let's see.

"I'm disappointed because I couldn't get past him. The car was behaving well, I had a good speed. It's not the easiest place to overtake."