Christian Horner, the Red Bull team principal, has expressed his opinion regarding Max Verstappen’s penalty at the Mexican Grand Prix.
Red Bull will not attempt to save Max Verstappen by appealing his two 10-second time penalties at the Mexican Grand Prix, according to Christian Horner.
During an early battle with Lando Norris at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Horner defended his star driver’s widely criticized moves. He even brought graphs and telemetry sheets to the post-race press conference to support Verstappen’s position.
However, Horner believes that using Red Bull’s right of review would not be worthwhile. Instead, after Verstappen’s aggressive style caused him to fall to a P6 finish in Mexico, the team principal has urged the FIA to clarify the regulations surrounding overtaking.
Horner agreed, saying, “We won’t activate a right of review on this,” “I believe that addressing the best course of action for racing in the future is the most crucial thing to do. I’m not sure if the drivers understand [certain aspects].
At the Circuit of the Americas last weekend, Norris and Verstappen engaged in a separate battle. When the Dutchman left him without any racing room, Norris felt unfairly penalized with a five-second time penalty for going off course to gain an advantage.
On that occasion, McLaren exercised their right of review, but the FIA chose not to pursue the issue further. By placing second in Mexico and reducing the lead to 47 points at the top of the Drivers’ Championship, Norris recovered from that setback.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown was happy to see Verstappen heavily penalized for two bold moves that Sky Sports commentator Martin Brundle called “outrageous” and Norris called “dangerous.”
Brown remarked, “[The penalties were] probably not enough,” “I mean, it’s becoming a little absurd. I commend the stewards of the FIA. Enough is enough. Going forward, let’s just have some clean, good racing. I believe that the penalties imposed demonstrate that the stewards are aware of the situation. This past weekend, the stewards performed admirably.
Verstappen shifted the focus from his penalty to Red Bull’s pace problems as tension increased before the season’s final four Grands Prix.
He told Sky Sports that “the problem is, when you’re slower, you’re being put into those kinds of positions.” “I will not easily give up. In the end, it doesn’t matter if you agree or disagree with the penalties; the only issue is that 20 seconds is a long time. The race pace is today’s main issue and what worries me the most. It was truly awful, and it is something we must examine.
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