Max Verstappen received a ten second penalty for colliding with Lewis Hamilton at the 27th turn of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix circuit.
Max Verstappen was fined ten seconds after he was found guilty of clashing with Lewis Hamilton at the Formula 1 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix played this Sunday when he was ordered to let the Englishman pass.
The Red Bull driver was also charged with two penalty points (seven in 12 months). The Red Bull driver retains second place – after the Briton – and, therefore, there is no change in the classification of the Saudi race.
Remember that the Dutchman was ordered to let Hamilton go ahead, and he sharply slowed down, causing the Briton to hit the rear fender of a Red Bull car.
The Mercedes driver won the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix and took the title in the final race of the season to be held next Sunday in Abu Dhabi.
Hamilton left Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) in second and Finn Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) in third.
With an extra point for the fastest lap in the race, Lewis Hamilton reaches the final race of the championship, sharing with leader Max Verstappen with 369.5 points, with the Red Bull driver having the tiebreak advantage, adding more wins in the season. … (nine versus seven).
Race Commissioners Communiqué:
“The stewards listened to the driver of car 33 (Max Verstappen), the driver of car 44 (Lewis Hamilton) and the team representative, watched the video and telemetry of the race and determined that the driver of car 33 was mainly to blame.
At turn 21, the driver of car 33 was ordered to return car 44 to position, and the team ordered to do so “strategically.” Car 33 slowed down significantly at turn 26. However, it was apparent that none of the drivers wanted to take the lead up to the DRS detection line 3.
The driver of car 33 stated that he wondered why car 44 did not pass him, and the driver of car 44 stated that, not knowing at this stage that car 33 intended to return to position, he did not know about it. why 33 the car slows down. In deciding to punish the driver of car 33, the key point for the stewards was that the driver of car 33 braked suddenly and significantly (69 bar), resulting in a 2.4g deceleration.
Recognizing that the driver of car 44 may have passed car 33 when it slowed down, we understand why he (and the driver of car 33) did not want to cross the DRS first. However, sudden braking by the driver of vehicle 33 was determined by the stewards to be unstable and therefore the main cause of the collision, and therefore a standard 10 second penalty is imposed for this type of accident. ”
