Expert verdict delivered on Max Verstappen vs Lando Norris rule-breaking battle

Four ꧂incidents between Max Veꦕrstappen and Lando Norris in Austria assessed

Lando Norris, Max Verstappen
Lando Norris, Max Verstappen

The controversial scrap between 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris at the F1 Auꦺstrian Grand Prix has be💞en expertly broken down.

Contact with Verstappen forced Norris out of the ওrace at the Red Bull Ring.

The 🎃McLaren driver later blamed Verstappen for “reckless” driving and said “I got taken out”.

Sk♌y Sports’ Anthony Davidson broke down their battle into four stages to deliver a clear verdict on where the✤ fault lies.

The first incident

Davidson explained: "This is the first one, on Lap 55, coming up to the 🥀braking zone.

"You can brake into the hairpin just after the 100m board. ꦍYou are 🌞still flat-out at 150m.

"Norris, as he moves out♚, coming up to the 100m board, he rolls the car to the right.

"Now, Vers🃏tapꦰpen is on the brakes. He’s still in a straight line.

"Norris has shown his hand🍸, shown whereꦅ he’s going.

"Verstappen has seen in the mirror. He’s moving in the💦 braking zone. Guil🍸ty as charged, as far as I’m concerned!

"Max is lucky he d♋idn’t get contacted. Lanཧdo did well to avoid it.

"There was definite 🌠moving in the braking zone and that isn’t allowed in the rules.

🅺"They wrote that rule because of Max! It doesn’t get clearer than tha🥀t!"

The second incident

"Lap🌼 59, we’re at it again," Davidson analysed. "This time, Lando moves earlier. It’s more subtle this time.

"Max is moving, Lando is 🎃braking too late, he has locked up the inside front. Lando, it was a late move. I think he would have gone off the track any𝓡way.

"He gave 🐽up position when he came back onto the circuit.

"That was a miscalculation from ༒Lando’s point of view.

"Max, there is still movement under the 🔯braking, but it was much more subtle. It was just about okay…"

The third incident

"Lap 63, Lando has lost a little bit of confidenc🍸e in who he♛’s racing," Davidson said.

"He sho🐈uld have stayed closer to Max but he’s lost confidence.

"So, he goes purposely much 🐭closer than he should have done into that corner.

"But he gets the braking s🐠pot on. He doesn’t go off track. I don’t feel like he pushed Max off track either.

"Lando has judged this꧃ correctly here. It was a little unfair for Laജndo."

The fourth incident

"Lap 64, this is w𒀰hen it came to blows," Davidson said.

"🐷This was the move that would have won Lando the race. He had forced his opponent off line.

"He’s on the racing line to slingshot. He is behind the Red Bull🎐 but is going to get DRS when he exits the corner. It was looking good to slingshot, be back on the inside on the exit, and challenge into Turn 4.

🎐"This was t🍬he move that was going to win him the race.

"He’s got a car’s width. This is the rule. If you move to the inside you have to give a full Fo꧒rmu🥂la 1 car’s width to the white line.

"There isn’t a car’s width. I rest my case."

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