Max Verstappen rejected a charge for an incident in which both the Red Bull driver and Lando Norris suffered tire problems and relinquished their race lead late on. in Austria.
The Dutchman received a 10-second penalty from the stewards after a pair of collisions on lap 64. Verstappen limped back to the pits and salvaged a P5 finish, only to be cut off by Norris on arrival. F1 headlines: Verstappen frustrated by Red Bull row as star reveals FIA NO decision
Verstappen and Norris battled for the lead for several laps and there was more than one close call before the inevitable.
The McLaren driver complained on the radio about Verstappen’s defensive tactics before the crash, but the Red Bull champion does not believe he is to blame.
Norris even suggested after the race that his respect for his great friend Verstappen might have suffered, but Verstappen responded with a defiant response.
Stewards gave Max Verstappen a 10-second penalty
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Verstappen received an official penalty for “causing a crash” at turn three, receiving two penalty points and a time penalty. .
After the competition, however, he announced that he did not agree with this decision. “Obviously it’s hard to see from the outside when I’m braking. I know that was a bit of a complaint before,” he told Sky Sports. “Now I always move the wheel before braking, then you brake in a straight line. It’s always easy to tell from the outside that I’m moving when braking.
“But I think the man in the car knows best what he does,” he confirmed, referring to pundits who have criticized his administration.
What started as a great weekend ended badly. Let’s analyze, learn from it and move on to next week. Thanks to everyone for the great support on the track
Everyone can have their opinion, but I’m the one driving, so I think I’m in the best control, let’s say,” added Verstappen . When asked about the battles leading up to the incident, Verstappen wasn’t too impressed with Norris’ driving when he went straight and at one point I had to go around the sausage [edge] or whatever you call it and we would touch. “I think it’s also just the shape of the corner that sometimes causes these problems. That’s right, it’s just never nice to get together. “I have to look back at how and why we touched and of course we will talk about it. It’s just a shame it happened like this.“.
