Perez took the lead from reigning world champion Verstappen at the first corner and then ap🌠peared to edge his teammate onto the grass on the run to Turn 3. 

V🅺erstappen fought back to reclaim the lead at Turn 3 but forced Perez wide inไ the process, with the Mexican losing a position to Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg. 

Perez, who went on to finish second behind his teammate, expressed his anger with Verstappen over team radio, while Ver♏stappen said Perez’s move out of Turn 1 was “really not OK”. 

"It was a good start,” Perez said. “A bit of a fight with Max - ended up losing a place to Nico. He was v𒀰ery strong in the first few laps and it was hard to get by him.

"I think Max was angry that I went into Turn Two. But I didn't see him there. I had a bad Turn One, so I tr♍ied to protect.

"One I rea♛lised he was there, I opened the door and gave the place 𝓡back into Turn Two. But it was all fine, we spoke about it.

"Although we w🍨ere 1-2, it was very baꩵd the visibility out there.”

Verstappen described the first lap as “hairy” but said the pair 🥂had since discussed it and moved on. 

"The start wasn't ideal, a bit of wheelspin.

"But after lap 1 when we got back into the lead it was just about managing the tyres, knowing if it wasn't going to rain any more that 24 laps on 🔯intermediates was 🧔quite long.

"The slicks were quite a bit faster the last fiꦍve laps but for us so far in the lead it didn't make sense to pit. We just hung in there.

"It was a little bit of a hairy⛄ moment ouඣt of Turn One. When you get forced onto the grass it's very slippery but we managed to keep control and from there we just did our race again."

Verstappen and ꧒Perez later downplayed their first-lap tussle in the press conference.