Overview

• After cutting a chicane in the closing laps, Verstappen was instructed to yield but instead collided with Russell’s car in turn 4.
• The clash denied Russell a chance to overtake Charles Leclerc during the Grand Prix.
• FIA added three points to Verstappen’s super licence on top of the ten-second race penalty.
• Wolff compared the manoeuvre to aggressive taxi drivers in Rome and Naples, branding it unacceptable and dangerous.
• Verstappen declined to elaborate beyond saying he was “rightly penalized” for the incident.