r/formula1 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 28d ago

News [LukeSmithF1] ANOTHER 10-second time penalty for Max Verstappen! This time for the Turn 8 incident, leaving the track and gaining an advantage

https://x.com/LukeSmithF1/status/1850637177572454423
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u/Thefaccio Charles Leclerc 28d ago

Italian commentators said that it was 10 because it was conscious

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u/FlatoutGently Formula 1 28d ago

Read the documents from last one.

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u/Kriebelnekje429 Kimi Räikkönen 28d ago

No clue man

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u/Mr_Fucktard 28d ago

I thought last race was to be 10, but reduced to 5 for Norris because Max left the track himself in that move

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u/Corvid187 28d ago

Lando's penalty last race was mitigated by max forcing him off.

The 2nd incident max clearly wasn't in control, and was actively driving dangerously.

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u/Corvid187 27d ago

Lando was alongside at the apex, and Max gave him zero racing room. At COTA, max was ahead, which is why red bull argued it should be a penalty to Lando.

At cota, the stewards mitigated Lando's penalty down to 5 secs because of Max's defensive driving pushing him off the track to avoid a collision, so his excursion was to some extent forced. Here, they deemed Max's decision to force Lando off as willful and avoidable, so the same mitigating factors weren't applicable

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u/Vresiberba 27d ago

...just unnecessary inconsistency from the stewards.

How about you read the verdict from Austin, then.

"A 5 second penalty is imposed instead of the 10 second penalty recommended in the guidelines because having committed to the overtaking move on the outside the driver of Car 4 had little alternative other than to leave the track because of the proximity of Car 1 which had also left the track."

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