Waiting, naturally always a little, the FIA communicated its decision on the case Verstappen.
The accident
Dutch was investigated and questioned by the stewards over a minor incident with Lando Norris. During the Q3, especially on the launch lap, Verstappen was warming up the tires and, did not notice the arrival of Lando Norris from the rear. The Englishman, also on the launch lap, was pushing and going much faster than the world champion. The pilot Red Bull he pushed on the gas losing the rear and risked colliding with the McLaren driver.
Reprimand against Verstappen
At the end of the analysis carried out by the stewards, the FIA decided to give the Dutchman a simple reprimand(as expected). Max Verstappen will therefore start from the first position, ahead of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. In this regard, we report the press release of the Federation.
“The driver of car 1 was aware of car 55 in front and car 4 approaching from behind and decided to accelerate at exactly the same moment that car 4 decided to pass car 1. Unfortunately, a due to lack of tire temperature on car 1, the driver temporarily lost control of the car causing it to "jerk" counter-clockwise. The driver of car 4 stated that this was simply an unfortunate accident. As regards the penalty, all previous infractions of this nature have resulted in a Reprimand therefore a similar penalty is imposed in this case."
