The FIA and commissioners pointed to Verstappen as responsible for the incident with Hamilton on lap 26 of the Italian Grand Prix
ITALY – The pilot of Red Bull, Max Verstappen, Was sanctioned with three places for the Russian Grand Prix due to the incident he experienced this Sunday with the Englishman and Mercedes member, Lewis Hamilton.
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The FIA and commissioners pointed to Verstappen as the person responsible for the incident they experienced on lap 26 of the Italian Grand Prix and when both riders were stuck on the first corner, which led to the abandonment of the two.
On lap 26, Hamilton returning to seventh place and having Verstappen as a direct opponent.
Neither driver let go of the accelerator or gave way to the maneuver, so Max’s rim hit Hamilton’s car and caused the two to get stuck.
The seven-time world champion was saved from further damage thanks to the halo, as the RB16B’s right rear wheel went to the level of the British helmet.
After hearing the drivers and team representatives, the commissioners “determined that the driver of car 33 was predominantly guilty of the collision with car 44 on Curve 2. Car 44 was coming out of pits .Car 33 was on the main straight. “
“At the 50-meter board before turn 1, car 44 was significantly ahead of car 33. Car 33 braked late and started moving next to car 44, although at no point did the sequence the car 33 is advancing more than behind the front wheel of Car 44. During the hearing, the driver of the Car 33 stated that the cause of the incident was that the driver of the Car 44 went open the direction after curve 1 and ‘tighten’ it to the apex of curve 2 “.
With this, they mentioned that in the available repetitions they considered that Hamilton seeks to avoid collision.
In the opinion of the Commissioners, this maneuver was attempted too late for the driver of Car 33 to have “the right to pass first.” While car 44 could have moved further away from the pianos to avoid the incident, the commissioners determined that his position was reasonable and therefore found that the driver of car 33 was predominantly to blame for the incident, “he added.