Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes AMG Petronas’ Lewis Hamilton crashed during the Italian F1 Grand Prix at the Autodromo di Monza in Monza, Italy on Sunday.
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen was handed a three-place grid penalty for the Russian F1 Grand Prix in Sochi (26 September) after the stewards decided that he should be in for a collision with Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton at Monza on Sunday. were guilty.
After Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo won the Italian Grand Prix for McLaren, his first win in nine years, title contenders Hamilton and Verstappen crashed on lap 26 of the 53-lap race.
As Hamilton exited the pits after his first stop, Verstappen was running straight down the main – having lost a lot of ground due to slow pit stops – and he was marching shoulder to shoulder towards the first corner.
Verstappen hung his Red Bull from outside after a late break, but was never quite together. The two collided as they passed the corner, lifting Verstappen into the air and taking on Hamilton’s Mercedes, both eventually getting stuck in the gravel and out of the race.
And after several hours of deliberation, it was deemed Verstappen’s fault because he had ‘too late to get right to the racing room’, and was awarded a three-place grid penalty and two penalty points. Gone, the first in this 12-month period on his license, according to Source1.com.
The stewards heard from the driver of Car 33 (Max Verstappen), the driver of Car 44 (Lewis Hamilton) and team representatives, reviewed the video evidence and determined that the driver of Car 33 was primarily responsible for the collision with Car 44. was convicted. On Turn 2,” the stewards said in a statement.
“Car 44 was exiting pits. Car 33 was on the main straight. On board 50 meters before turn 1, car 44 was well ahead of car 33. Car 33 applied the brakes late and started moving with car 44.” given, although not at any point in the sequence does Car 33 move further than immediately behind the front wheel of Car 44.
“During the hearing the driver of Car 33 stated that the cause of the incident was the driver of Car 44 opening the steering after turn 1 and ‘squeezing’ it at the top of turn 2. The driver of Car 44 insisted that the driver of Car 33 attempted to pass too late and should have left the corner either by retreating quickly or by turning left behind the curb.
“The stewards saw on the CCTV footage that the driver of car 44 was driving an avoidance line, although his position caused car 33 to be stopped. But further, the stewards noticed that car 33 was not at all with car 44, Unless significantly entering Turn 1.
“In the opinion of the stewards, this maneuver was attempted too late to get the ‘racing room right’ for the driver of Car 33. While Car 44 could have moved past the curb to avoid the incident, the stewards determined that his position was justified and therefore find that the driver of Car 33 was primarily to blame for the incident.”
In coming to the penalty, the stewards emphasized that they considered the incident only, and not its consequences, which could have resulted in serious injury to either or both drivers.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner said he thought the crash was the result of a racing incident, but said the team would not appeal the decision. “We are disappointed by the three-place grid penalty, but accept the stewards’ decision,” he told Formula1.com.
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