Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok has explained why 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen deserved the p𓄧enalty he was given at the Saudi Arabian Gran♉d Prix.

Verstappen was handed a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage during a first-corner fight with McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri.

Piastri got a better launch t▨han polesitter Verstappen and edged ahead into Turn 1, only for the Red Bull driver ༺to retain track position by taking to the run-off.

Verstappen would drop behi🎃nd Piastri after serving his penalty during his pit ♚stop but was left annoyed at the stewards decision.

However,🌃 ex-F1 driver Chandhok feels the four-time world champion would have been better off simply conceding the start to Piastri.

“The start from Oscar Piastri was brilliant,” Chandhok said as he analysed the incident at the SkyPad𓆏.

“The launch was fantastic, especially if you consider he was on t𝓡he dirty part of the track.

“When you look at the cars behind him, you’ve got Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz on the dirty side, they lost ground to the cars on the clean side of the🌳 track.

“Oscar is the one who has still mad𝕴e a fantastic getaway. That launch has got him slightly ahead of Verstappen.

“Vertappen⛦ at this꧅ point has recognised ‘ok, Oscar is here, I’ve got to do something different’.

“So Verstappen’s now thinking ‘I’m going to go wide and get the sl💧ingshot’. He’s gone for the wi♏de line to try and get the slingshot around the outside.

“Piastri is there, he’s won that corner because of the launch and earned the right to lead✨ that coꦐrner.

“Max then does which pretty much we all expected, frankly, before the start of the race, which 🍷is cut🍎 across.

“At this point I think Max needed to bail out and then either accept he’ll stay in second place and❀ hang on around the outside maybe to try and protect himself from George [Russell].

“But he’s cut the corner and gained a lasting advantage, which is what the st💃ewards deemed that.”

How did it compare to 2024 United States GP?

A similar incident occurred during last year’s United States Grand Prix when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris and Verstappen were battling for position.

Norris copped the same pena♛lty a♌s Verstappen in Jeddah after passing his rival off track in the closing laps of the Austin race.

Red Bull were left angered by the decision to penalise Versta𒅌ppen but Chandhok believes the stewa𓆏rds have been consistent.

“On that occasion it was Max on the inside and when they went wide it was Lando who went off the track, and it was Lando who came out in front and gained a lasting advantage and got the five-second penalty,” he said when reviewing last year’s c📖lash at COTA.

“The stewards ꦉhave stayed consistent with what happened there and have given Max a five-second penalty.”