A botched penalty in Monaco meant a second scoreless race in succession, leaving Russell 68 points behind Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday night described the comments as ‘offensive and wrong’ and called on Sir Jim to apologise.
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