Russell won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after a brief early scrap for position with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc
Mercedes driver George Russell has accused Ferrari of being "selfish" and "silly" in blocking change to the rules to improve safety at starts.
Last week's opening race in Australia saw a large deviation in start performance across the grid. The worst incident involved a near-miss when Alpine driver Franco Colapinto narrowly avoided smashing at high speed into the back of the slow-moving Racing Bull of Liam Lawson.
Russell said governing body the FIA had looked to modify the rule that led to those problems but said Ferrari were blocking it, without naming them.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc leapt into the lead at the start in Melbourne from fourth on the grid, emphasising the impression that the Italian team have the best starts this year.
