Verstappen team learns stewards’ verdict after Nordschleife Q1 collision

The No. 3 Verstappen Mercedes-AMG has been penalised following a collision with the No. 941 Adrenalin Cayman of Adrian Rziczny, Mark van der Snel and Max van der Snel during qualifying.

Footage reviewed by the stewards showed Auer attempting a move on the Porsche ahead into a tight corner, making contact and spinning it around, leading to a three-place grid penalty for the team.

As a result, despite finishing sixth in the morning session, Verstappen and Auer will start from ninth on the grid for this afternoon’s race.

The stewards noted that the driver of car #941 remained on the racing line and was unaware of the faster-approaching #03. They also recorded that the driver of car #03 attempted to exploit a gap but misjudged the move, later apologising after his stint.

On that basis, they deemed a three-place grid drop for the next race to be an appropriate penalty.