The FIA has announced its decision on whether to punish three-time world champion Max Verstappen ahead of the Austrian GP.
This weekend’s Spielberg event is part of a Formula 1 triple header and comes just days after the Red Bull star’s latest win in Spain. F1 headlines: Horner embroiled in bitter row as FIA announces last-minute CHANGE to Austrian GP
Verstappen, however, risked a terrible start to his Austrian GP weekend by turning up late to the FIA press conference. on Thursday afternoon.
Verstappen was supposed to appear with several of his drivers but was 15 minutes late to the press conference due to a transport problem, a possible violation of FIA F1 Sporting Article 19(1a). regulations
Max Verstappen was late for a press conference in Austria
The FIA released a statement about Max Verstappen on Friday
The FIA announced Max Verstappen’s penalty decision
Despite confirming that he had violated the clause, the FIA decided , that the three-time world champion will face punishment in this case is not valid. Basing its decision on a document on Friday morning, the FIA wrote: “The manufacturers received a message from a media representative that the driver of Car 1 (Max Verstappen) was late for Thursday’s press conference,” “The media representative said that the driver. had transport problems on the way to the track, but the team informed the FIA in advance
The manufacturers conclude that the driver and team took reasonable steps in all the circumstances, so they will not demand a penalty despite the technicalities. the rules were broken.” While the above was good news for Verstappen, things were more difficult on track for the three-time world champion at the start of the Austrian GP weekend. In FP1, Verstappen’s car stalled on track, triggering a red. flag and the temporary suspension of Friday practice..
