Expert verdict delivered on Max Verstappen vs Lando Norris rule-breaking battle

Four incidents between Max Verstappen and Lando Norr🌠is in Austria assessed

Lando Norris, Max Verstappen
Lando Norris, Max Verstappen

The controversial scrap between 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix has been expertly broke🍸n down.

Contact with Verstappen forced Norris out of the༺ race at the Red Bull Ring.

The McLaren driver later blamed Vers😼tappen for “rꦗeckless” driving and said “I got taken out”.

Sky Sports’ Anthony Davidson broke down their battle into four stages to deliver a clear verdict on where the fꦏault lies.

The first incident

Davidson explained: "This is the fir🐠st one, on Lap 55, coming up to the braking zone.

"You can ꦐbrake into the hairpin jus♔t after the 100m board. You are still flat-out at 150m.

"Norris, as he moves out, coming up to the 1♚00m board, he rolls the car to the right.

"Now, Verstappen🦩 is on the brakes. He’s still in a straight line.

"Norris has shown his hand, shown where he’s go𓄧in🧸g.

"Verstappen has seen in the mirror. He’s moving in the braking zone. Guilty as char⛎ged, as far as I’m concerned!

"Ma💮x is lucky he didn’t get contacted. Lando did well to avoid it.

"There was definite movin𒅌g in the braking zone and 🍷that isn’t allowed in the rules.

"They wrote that rule because of M🥀ax! It doesn’t get clearer than that!"

The second incident

"Lap 59, we’re at it again," Davidson analꩲysed. "This time,𒀰 Lando moves earlier. It’s more subtle this time.

"Max is moving, Lando is braking too late, he has locked up the inside front. La𝔍ndo, it was a late move. I think he would have gone off the track anꦉyway.

"He gave up position when he came ba🌼ck ont🅠o the circuit.

"Th🔴at was a miscalculation from Lando’s point of view.

"Max, there is still movement under the bra꧅king, but it was much more subtle. It was just about okay…"

The third incident

"Lap 63, Lando has lo𒁏st a little bit of confidence in who he’s racing," Davidson said.

"He should have s𝕴tayed closer to Max but he’s losꦍt confidence.

"So, he goes purposely much close🌱r than he should have done into tha🐻t corner.

"But he gets the bra🌞king spot on. He doesn’t go off track. I don’t feel like he pushed Max off track either.

"Lando has judged this corre💖ctly here. It was a littl🍒e unfair for Lando."

The fourth incident

"Lap 64, this🌺 is when it came to blows🥃," Davidson said.

"This w🌸as the move that would have won Lando the race. H🐠e had forced his opponent off line.

"He’s on the racing line to slingshot. He is behind the Red Bull but is going to get DRS when he exits the corner𒉰. It was looking good to slingshot, be back on the inside on the exit, and challenge into Turn 4.

"This was the 😼move that was 👍going to win him the race.

"He’s got a car’s width. This is 🍰the rule. If you move to the inside you have to give a full F🌄ormula 1 car’s width to the white line.

"There isn’t a car’s width. I rest my case."

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