Max Verstappen has beenಞ slapped with a 10-second time penalty for his late-race clash with Geroge Russell in the closing stages of Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.

Verstappen backed off going into Turn 5 with just three laps to go in Barcelona, having been instructed by Red Bull to hand the place back to Mercedes rival Russell following their earlier scrap at Turn 1.

But as Russell completed the move around the outside under braking for the left-hander, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Verstappen appeared to speed back up again, leading ♊to contact between the pair.

V🌠erstappen would eventually let Russell through into Turn 11, but the stewards penalised the four-time F1 champion with a 10-secondℱ penalty for causing a collision.

The penalty was appli⛄ed post-race, dropping Verstappen from fifth to the final-points paying position in 10th on a tough day for Red Bull.

Verstappen and Russell had earlier made contact into Turn 1 shortly a๊fter the safety car restart, with Verstappen going off track and using the escape road before rejoining the track ahead of the Mercedes.

Red Bull subsequently asked Verstappen tꦛo hand back the position, prompting an angry response from the Dutchman on the team radio.

Verstappen was left vulnerable on the restart with just six laps to run because Red Bull fitted him with a new set of hard tyres, which takes a lon💃g time to warm up compared to the soft and medium tyres most of his rivals were running at that time.

The 27-year-old had a huge oversteer exiting the final corner as the safety car peeled into the pits and was overtaken by Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc just as they crossed the finish line to start the lap. There was minor contact betwe🔯en the pair on the start/finish straight, with the stewardsℱ currently investigating the incident.