Max Verstappen was the protagonist of the contact with Lando Norris at the Red Bull Ring. Now his team is criticizing him too.
The Austrian Grand Prix ended amidst furious controversy, with George Russell which brought back the Mercedes to victory after a fast of more than a year and a half. Max Verstappen and Lando Norris opened the doors to success for him with a contactwhich occurred a few laps from the end at the Remus hairpin. Objectively, the world champion drove a little over the top, but we don’t want to exaggerate with the accusations.
In today’s F1, every little defensive maneuver is seen as an unfair act, during duels the drivers do nothing but complain on the radio, something that both Verstappen and Norris did with the pit walls. Red Bull e McLaren. To this the shame of Track Limits is also addedwith an absurd penalty given to the British rider, guilty of having crossed the white line while battling with the world champion.
We have to resign ourselves to the idea that we will never see the F1 of the past, the one made of rustic duels, again, even if the challenge between the Dutchman and his enemy-friend was still exciting. Super Max finished fifth, while Norris had to retireand lost 10 important points in the world rankings. A well-known face from Red Bull gave a slap on the wrist to the two protagonists of this contact.
Verstappen, listen to Helmut Marko’s opinion
The Red Bull leaves his home Grand Prix with a fifth place finish Max Verstappen and a seventh for Sergio Perezwith the Dutchman taking consolation for his success in Saturday’s Sprint Race. Helmut Marko went hard on both his protégé and Lando Norrisstating that, in his opinion, the two drove in an overly ferocious manner, which ended up destroying the race for both of them, right in the middle of a great challenge.
Here are Marko’s words: “From my point of view, They both drove in an unnecessarily ferocious manner, and we should have intervened too.since we knew that Lando was under investigation for Track Limits. We didn’t know yet whether he would be punished or not, in hindsight we should have told Verstappen to let him go. On the bright side, we gained points in both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships“.
