Max Verstappen was sixth in Australia before failing to finish in China
Max Verstappen ejected a journalist from his news conference at the Japanese Grand Prix because of a row that dates back to last year's season finale in Abu Dhabi.
The Red Bull driver refused to start his session with the written media at Suzuka on Thursday after spotting the Guardian's Giles Richards among the journalists present.
Verstappen said: "One second - I'm not speaking before he's leaving."
Richards asked whether Verstappen was serious, and whether it was to do with a question he had asked in the news conference after the final race of last season.
