Verstappen is now handed a 3-place grid penalty by the stewards.
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Max Verstappen has been given a third place grid penalty for an accident with Lewis Hamilton throughout the Italian GP, which resulted in each drivers retiring from the race. The incident has been characterised by many as a racing accident, however it ensured that Verstappen retained his world championship lead on a observe the place Hamilton and Mercedes had been anticipated to ascend.
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“Car 44 [Hamilton] He was coming out of the pits. car 33 [Verstappen] The main was on the straight. On board 50 meters before Turn 1, Car 44 was well ahead of Car 33. Car 33 applied the brakes late and began to move forward with Car 44, although at no point in the sequence does Car 33 move immediately behind the front wheel compared to Car 44,” the FIA Stewards’ report stated. has gone.
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“In the opinion of the stewards, this maneuver was attempted too late to get “racing room proper” for the driving force of Car 33. While Car 44 might have moved previous the curb to keep away from the incident, the stewards decided that his place was affordable and due to this fact discover that the driving force of Car 33 was primarily responsible for the incident. In coming to the sentence, the stewards emphasize that they’ve solely thought-about the incident, and never that on its penalties,” the report said.
This signifies that on the subsequent race in Russia, Verstappen will take a 3-place grid penalty, which can be exacerbated by an engine penalty as Verstappen remains to be due for an engine change on account of the accidents at Silverstone and Hungary.
Verstappen has now retired in 3 of the final 5 races which is excessive but additionally underscores the risky nature of the rivalry with Hamilton. For Hamilton, surprisingly it was his first retirement since Austria in 2018.
Hamilton escaped harm because the tire of Verstappen’s automotive landed on high of him, however was thwarted by Halo
“I’m proud of the stewards. I need some time to reflect on this but it certainly sets a precedent and I think it’s important for us to move forward to protect the drivers that there are rules in place,” Lewis Hamilton stated after the penalty.
Naturally, Verstappen did not really feel prefer it. “I don’t completely agree with the penalty because I believe it was a racing incident,” he stated.
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It is probably going that Verstappen will now lose his world championship lead in Sochi, a observe infamous for being tough to overhaul and one other energy delicate circuit that would favor Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes automotive.
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With inputs from NDTV
