The FIA race stewards have taken no additional motion in opposition to for making contact with in Components 1’s Spanish Grand Prix – that means the driver has retained his podium place.
On a lap 61 security automobile restart, Verstappen misplaced momentum with an enormous oversteer second out of the ultimate nook as he tried to get his onerous tyres up to the mark in opposition to drivers round him on softer rubber.
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That opened the door for Leclerc to drag alongside and overtake Verstappen, however then the Monegasque appeared to barely transfer in direction of the Dutchman’s automobile whereas they have been nonetheless alongside, one thing Verstappen felt Leclerc ought to have been penalised for.
The stewards held a special view and famous each drivers have been shifting in direction of one another, leaving it as a racing incident with neither occasion absolutely accountable.
“The Stewards heard from the driving force of Automobile 1 (Max Verstappen), the driving force of Automobile 16 (Charles Leclerc), group representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system knowledge, video, timing, telemetry, group radio and in-car video proof,” the stewards wrote.
“Automobile 1 misplaced traction whereas navigating Flip 14 and due to this fact needed to defend his place on observe in opposition to Automobile 16. Automobile 16 proceeded to maneuver to overhaul Automobile 1 on the start-finish straight. Each automobiles have been shifting barely in direction of one another in the course of the observe and a minor collision occurred because of this.
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“Each drivers have been of the view that this was an avoidable collision and will probably have resulted in a significant crash however neither driver was wholly or predominantly accountable. Within the circumstances, we took no additional motion.”
Verstappen ultimately completed tenth after a 10s penalty for colliding into , whereas Leclerc claimed third behind the 2 McLarens of and .
Verstappen’s penalty got here with three penalty factors on his licence, leaving him one level away from a race ban between now and the Austrian Grand Prix on the finish of June.
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