Steiner questions FIA decision: Verstappen incident has 'set a precedent'

The incident resulted in the Dutch driver receiving 3 penalty points and a ten second penalty, which caused him to fall into P10. Steiner weighed in on the argument that Max caused the collision by stating,"You are not allowed to hit somebody on purpose".

However, he agreed that Verstappen should not have received a black flag during the race as the stewards did not have enough time in the moment to react to the complete evidence of what happened between Max and George. Any choices made could have led to a wrong decision.

Steiner strongly spoke about the rules in place after this decision,"If it was on purpose I'm sure there is a provision in the regulations that you get disqualified, because you don't hit someone on purpose".

When asked if he believed that the motorsport world is turning against Verstappen after this incident, Steiner argued: "No, no, but when you are so good like him a lot of people obviously envy you.... he doesn't try to please people".

Steiner concluded on the matter by emphasising his opinion,"If we are now the stewards, we should say he should get disqualified from the race, nothing would change for him anyways".