Overview

• The FIA stewards imposed a 10-second time penalty and three licence-penalty points on Verstappen for deliberately colliding with George Russell in Barcelona.
• Verstappen’s tally has risen to 11 penalty points this season, leaving him one away from an automatic race ban under FIA rules.
• Christian Horner and Helmut Marko have described Verstappen’s actions as a misjudgment and rejected claims he may be engineering an exit from Red Bull.
• Former drivers and stewards including Nico Rosberg and Johnny Herbert have argued the sanction was too lenient and called for tougher enforcement.
• Teams and the FIA face criticism over inconsistent on-track guidance after Red Bull queried whether Verstappen should yield position before the collision.