Marko disagrees: 'Then it is downright dangerous driving behaviour'

Red Bull Racing came home empty handed after the race at Silverstone on Sunday afternoon. Sergio Pérez only managed to finish in sixteenth place, after starting in the pit lane and stopping late on to set the fastest lap, whilst Max Verstappen was forced to retire after a collision with Lewis Hamilton on the first lap.

Right from the get-go Hamilton decided to attack Verstappen. He had lost pole position in the sprint race and was determined to regain first place. The Dutchman kept his opponent just behind in the opening few corners, but then Verstappen and Hamilton hit each other at turn nine. The Red Bull driver went off the track hard as a result, and couldn't continue.

Helmut Marko was angry after the race about the way Hamilton, who received a ten-second penalty, drove into Verstappen. "If a competitor hits our rear wheel in the fastest corner of the circuit with his front wheel, it is no longer a racing incident. Then it is downright dangerous driving behaviour," the consultant told ORF.

Marko felt that the race committee should judge the incident more severely. "You can no longer judge this by the sporting regulations. I don't know what the maximum penalty for this is, but dangerous and reckless driving should be punished with a suspension or something."