“It’s really not acceptable”– Jos Verstappen blasts Lewis Hamilton for British GP incident

Tanish Chachra | 19/07/2021
"It's really not acceptable"– Jos Verstappen blasts Lewis Hamilton for British GP incident

“It’s really not acceptable”– Jos Verstappen speaks against Lewis Hamilton’s role in ousting the former’s son– Max Verstappen, from the race.

Max Verstappen survived a 51G crash into the barriers on Sunday, and the impact was so hard that the Dutch race driver had to be taken to a hospital, as he was feeling dizzy, so a precautionary check was made.

For this incident, FIA found Hamilton responsible for the collision and charged him with a 10-second penalty during the race, yet the Briton managed to win the race.

However, Verstappen’s father– Jos Verstappen, disagreed with the decision made by the authorities and demanded a straight ban for a race, as Red Bull did.

“It’s really not acceptable what he [Hamilton] did,” he told Dutch publication De Telegraaf. “I think a 10-second penalty is really ridiculous. As far as I am concerned, they should have just disqualified him.

The Verstappens were clearly not happy with the decision, as Max himself openly showed his disapproval with the race results and the celebration made by Hamilton.

FIA gives the answer

While Red Bull tried to pressure FIA a lot to reap the most out of the incident, as Mercedes’ double podium obviously jeopardized their lead, and for them, nothing below a race ban is justified.

But the FIA race director Michael Masi has been clear on the stewards’ decisions and asked to uphold their independence in the sport. Moreover, Masi also argued that the incident is given priority in decision making over the impact, and according to that guideline, Hamilton appears to get a justified penalty.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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