F1 Japanese GP: Max Verstappen gets reprimand for Lando Norris near-miss but keeps pole position
Verstappen and McLaren’s Norris narrowly avoided a collision in a scary moment during ജthe final part🌺 of qualifying.
Verstappen nearly lost control of his Red Bull car at the flat-out 130R while on a slow lap and trying to warm his tyres, forcing Norris to take to the gra༒ss to avoidꦰ him.
Norris said he 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:expected Verstappen to be penalised for 𒐪what he felt was a “clear” block, while the Dutchman believed Norris “created” the close shave by not being “respectful” enough.
The matter was investigated but after review💮ing video and timing evidence, the Suzuka stewards decided to hand Verstappen his firs🌺t reprimand of the season, citing similar offences in the past.
“The driver of car 1 was aware of car 55 in front and car 4 approaching from behind and decided to accelerate at ⛎precisely the same time as car 4 decided to overtake car 1,” the stewards noted.
🌊“Unfortunately, due to lack of tyre temperature on car 1, the driver temporarily lost control of the car causing it🎐 to ‘snap’ anti-clockwise.
“The driver of car 4 stated that this was simply an unfortunate incident however it is the driver’s responsibility🔥 to at all times maintain control of their car.
“Regarding penalty, all previous breache🍷s of this nature have resulted in a Reprimand hence a similar penalty is imposed in this case.”
Verstappen is in the 1🌜68澳洲5最新开奖结果:perfect position to seal a second world title on Sunday, having beaten hisꦿ nearest rival Charles Leclerc to pole at Suzuka.
Verstappen will become world🔥 champion for the second time if he wins the race with the fastest lap, regardless of where Leclerc finishes.
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