Jos Verstappen not happy with Hamilton's time penalty: "Really ridiculous"

22:54, 18 Jul 2021
7 Comments
The battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton was so far without damage, but after today this was different. The long-awaited explosion took place at Silverstone. Hamilton hit Verstappen on the first lap and saw that the Dutchman could not continue his race.
Hamilton eventually won the race, despite his ten-second penalty. According to many people, the penalty which, according to the rules, was correct, was not enough and far too low for the offence. It cost Verstappen his race and many points in the battle for the championship.

Jos would have liked to see a heavier penalty for Hamilton

Jos Verstappen told the Telegraaf afterwards that he shares this opinion. A heavier penalty would have been right because this was insufficient and unfair according to Max's father.
"It really can't be what he did there. I think a 10 second time penalty is really ridiculous. As far as I'm concerned they should have just disqualified him. Max gives him space and just sits in front of him. You can't overtake on the inside."
ADVERTISEMENT
However, it remained a 10-second penalty and Hamilton thus gained 25 points on Verstappen in the battle for the championship. In Hungary, the title fight will continue and Verstappen will be looking for revenge.

Don’t miss GPblog in Google

Mark us as a preferred source and our articles will appear more often at the top of Top Stories.

Add as a preferred / source on Google
loading
Austrian Grand Prix
Overview
Upcoming race
Friday 26.06.26
Practice 1
Fri 11:30 AM
Practice 2
Fri 03:00 PM
Saturday 27.06.26
Practice 3
Sat 10:30 AM
Qualification
Sat 02:00 PM
Sunday 28.06.26
Race
Sun 01:00 PM

Loading