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 i💯n a scary moment during the final part of qualifying.
Verstappen nea🎃rly lost control of his Red Bull car at the flat-out 130R while on a slow lap a꧅nd trying to warm his tyres, forcing Norris to take to the grass to avoid him.
Norris said he 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:expect🌞ed Verstappen to be penalised for what h🏅e 💞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 reviewing video and timing evidence, the Suzuka stewards decided to hand Verstappen his first reprimꦿand 🎐of the season, citing similar offences in the past.
“The driver of car 1 w𝓰as 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 car𒆙 1,” the stewards noted.
“Unfor💙tunately, 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 a🌸n unfortunate incident however it is the driver’s responsibility to at all times maintain control of their car.
“Regarding penalty, all previous breaches of this nature have resulted in a Reprimand hence a𓆏 similar penalty is imposedꦅ in this case.”
Verstappen is in the 168澳洲幸运5官方🅰开奖结果历史:perfect position to seal ಞa second world title on Sunday, having beaten his nearest rival Charles Leclerc🐓 to pole at Suzuka.
Ve𒆙rstappen will become world champion for the second time if he wins the race with the fastest lap, regardless of where Leclerc finishe✤s.
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