Austrian Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen says Formu𝓰la 1 drivers might as well “stay at 🐭home” if his incident with Charles Leclerc is punished.

V🌱erstappen dived up the inside of Leclerꦕc at Turn 3 with three laps to go as the pair made light contact at the apex of the corner, leading to Ferrari driver Leclerc being pushed wide and off the track.

The Dutchman took the lead which he held onto for the final laps to claim Red Bull’s first victory since joiꦑning forces with Honda.

“It’s hard racing otherwise we have to stay at h🐲ome,” Verstappen said.

“If those things are not allo𒐪we♐d in racing, what is the point of being in F1?

“After that stꦿart I thought the race was ov꧒er, but we just kept pushing hard,” he added.

“The pace was actually not too bad, got a big flatspot on my first tyre. After the pitstop, we were f🌠lying, you could see on the straight we had good pace as well.

“So we could make a pass, of course extremely🍸 happy for the whole team, and also for Honda, we just started working together this year. To win⛦ here is incredible."

The incident was instantly put under investigation, with both drive🐻rs summoned to appear before the Spielberg ste🗹wards following the conclusion of the race.

Speaking about the clash, Leclerc said: “On the incident I’ll let the stewards decide but for me, it was pretty clear in the car - I don’t know how it looked like from the outside.

“I was on the outside, li𓃲ke the lap before, the lap before was completely fine.

“He left thꦡe space for a car width on the exit of the corner but he didn’t on the other lap so we touched and I had to go wide, and then obviously I didn’t have any ch𒆙ance to pass back so it’s a shame.”