Horner: "Disappointed about Verstappen's penalty, but accept the decision"

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner is disappointed with the stewards' decision to penalise Max Verstappen for the crash between him and Lewis Hamilton but says he accepts the verdict at the same time.

"We are disappointed with the three-place grid penalty, but accept the decision of the stewards," Horner began on Verstappen.com. "What happened between Max and Lewis was, in our opinion, a genuine racing incident."

The Red Bull team boss continued, "You can argue for both sides, but ultimately it's frustrating and disappointing to see both cars out of the race in what is proving to be an exciting championship."

However, the Briton believes the most important thing is that everyone got away unscathed. "The most important thing today is that the halo did its job. This is certainly not the way we wanted to end the race", Horner concluded.