News Details

Verstappen penalised for Q1 incident

Already demoted to the back of the Sochi grid after Red Bull opted to change his entire engine, the Dutch youngster, who is 21 tomorrow, was handed an early birthday present, a drop of three more grid place and two penalty points. Verstappen admitted seeing the yellow flag after Sergey Sirotkin spun his Williams, and stated that he steered to the left to avoid the stationary car. However, the stewards pointed out that the regulation is very clear and states 'it must be evident that a driver has reduced speed', whereas the telemetry showed that the Red Bull driver maintained full throttle and did not apply any braking. In his defence Verstappen expressed the view that he felt he had acted...
Full Story »
7y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

BREAKING: Verstappen handed 3-place grid penalty

Max Verstappen has been handed a three-place grid penalty for the Russian...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Verstappen punished by stewards after Sochi qualifying

Max Verstappen was handed a three-place grid penalty and two penalty...
7y ago from GPFans.com

Max Verstappen over halfway towards ban after Russia...

Red Bull's Max Verstappen is now over halfway towards a one-event...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Birthday boy Verstappen to start from back of the grid

Max Verstappen was handed a grid penalty by FIA stewards for ignoring...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...

Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Lancia wins again after 33-year absence

No description available...
17h ago from Motorsport.com

Thierry Neuville crashes out of Croatia lead in final...

A dramatic WRC Rally Croatia kept the biggest shock for the Wolf Power...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“Most entitled bunch I’ve ever seen” - Rio...

Rio Ferdinand has slammed Arsenal fans for booing after their defeat...
52m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Tactics, tension and talk: How does Arteta stop...

The Premier League title race has brought up many iconic images down the...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Wayne Rooney makes Premier League title prediction...

Former England captain Wayne Rooney believes that Manchester City possess...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

“Whether the fans like that or not” - Wayne Rooney...

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has advised Arsenal to play dirty...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.