Jenson Button insists the FIA stewards were correct not to implement a harsher punishment on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen for his tangle with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.

McLaren’s Norris saw his Austrian Grand Prix cut brutally short last weekend after contact with Red Bul♎l’s Verstappen.

Verstappen was hit with a 10-second pꦐenalty which Christian Horner꧟ labelled “harsh”.

Their friendship - and Verstappen’s uncompromising driving style - are under the microscope ahead of this weekend’s F1 Bri🌊t🔯ish Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Ex-F1 champion Button told Sky Sports: “I enjoyed watching the battle between ꦬMax and Lando - it’s something we’ll be talking about for races to come, years to come, these two fighting for a world championship.

“Th🧸ere’s a lot of talk about Max moving in the braking zone. Should he have had a bigger penalty?

“It might be controver🐻s♛ial but I don’t think he should have.

“When he braked, he slightly went to the left. Sometimes that happens. You look to the r൲ight, you move to the left a bit.

“I think he moved to the left because La😼ndo was there, wh🐟ich is the issue.

“Lando also could have moved to the left. There ⭕was a lot more circuit to go. And avoided the contact🐽.

“Something very similar happened last year in Austria on ex🧔⛦actly the same corner. It was Carlos Sainz on the inside and Verstappen on the outside.

“🍃Carlos moved to the left, ex🍎actly as Max does. Max follows him, runs on the kerb, they don’t make contact.

“It’s hard ra♛cing. Sometimes it goes wrong and we talk about it afterwards. But it’s great that we’re talking about it because these two will be fighting for♓ years to come.

“This sets u🌊s up for the British Grand Prix. It will be these two fighti🎀ng for the win.”

McLaren boss Andrea Stella reacted to the contact in Austria by insisting a bad precedent was set by the stewards who did not punish Vers♉tappen severely enough ♓for historic scraps with Lewis Hamilton.

However, Button believes Stella🐈 is me🌸rely seeking an on-track advantage with his bold words.

“Max, in the past, has been overly aggressive e🔥specially✱ against Lewis,” Button said.

“I don’t feel it’s that way against Lando at the moment. If they went a step further, it ওwould be.

“Drivers never used to💖 come on the radio and say ‘he pushed me off!’

“They do it because it’s a reaction that the stewards will hear, and hopefully do something about it, be𝔍cause they have done in the past.

“Andrea knows it will get a reaction, and could chang🐎e the result.”

Button backed Norris for victory this Sun🙈day at Silverstone, which would be hugely popular for his home fanbase.

Although it is Mercedes’ George Russell, another Brit, who enters his home race having ൲won last weeke𒁃nd in Austria.