Mercedes CEO: ‘Red Bull knows Max Verstappen was wrong’ Motorsport

sport">“You see Helmut and Christian were not trying to blame Lewis. It kind of feels like they know Max was wrong because they will try at every opportunity to blame Lewis.” trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin.

sport">Team boss and CEO Toto Wolff spoke of a ‘professional violation’ by Verstappen, implying that the Dutchman drove into Hamilton on purpose. When asked, Wolff didn’t want to say that out loud. Hamilton also said that Verstappen would not do such a thing consciously, as would the Red Bull driver himself.

Force incident

sport">“We believe that Lewis did nothing wrong and that Max was mostly the one who made the mistake,” Shovlin said. “Max would never have made it into that corner, but it seems he always prefers to force an incident rather than relinquish his position in relation to Lewis. It’s a relief that Lewis was protected by the halo, otherwise it could have been worse.”

sport">Verstappen believes Hamilton should have given him more space at the moment. The Dutchman was subsequently penalized by the stewards and receives a three-place grid penalty during the next race in Russia.

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