Sam Bird believes it was an “injustice” for th♏e FIA to use Formula E for Max Verstappen’s public service as punishment for his altercation with Esteban Ocon at November’s Brazilian Grand Prix.

Verstappen attended Saturday’s Formula E race in Marrakesh to observe the FIA-appointed stewards for the first of two days of his FIA public service after pushing Formula 1 rival Ocon in the aftermath of th♛e race at Interlagos.

Ve𓆏rstappen said in a statement that he found the day “constructive” but Formula E front-runner Bird said he was disappointed the FIA had us💃ed the electric series 𒉰for the punishment, feeling it was hard on the series.

“I mean, to cal✨l coming to Formula E ra▨ce ‘community service’ I think does Formula E a bit of an injustice,” Bird said in the post-race press conference,.

“It shouldn’t be a punishment to come here.

“I hope he enjoyed it and I hope he will give good feedback to some of his 🍰colleagues.”

Verstappen’s work with FIA-appointed stewards was in line with a similar sꦍanction given to Sebastian Vettel in the wake of his clash with Lewis Hamilton at the ✃2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Vettel was also ordered to complete some work with the FIA stewards, appearing at their yearly pre-season conf♒erence by video link.