Former F1 steward Johnny Herbert agrees with Nico Rosberg that168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen should have been black-flagged after his incident with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Verstappen collided with Russell at Turn 5 on Lap 61 of the race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalun🐲yaꦅ.

A frustrated Verstappen collided with Russell deliberately after he was annoyed that he was told to lift off and gꦜive the position back to the British driver.

Thไis was because of their battle at Turn 1 following the Safety Car restart.

Russell went for an optimistic move into the first corner, pushing Ver🐠ꦰstappen wide as a result.

Red Bull incorrectly ordered Verstappen to move over to let Russell pas൩t, leading to the controversial incident.

Rosb🐻erg, who was commentating for Sky Sports at the time, called for Verstappen to be disqualifi🦩ed.

He 𓂃said: “Wow, tha🐠t’s bad, bad, bad. That is seriously bad. He just rams him, full on.

“You need to black flag that, there is no other way. Max was in the r♛ight - at first. The team went against Max and caused him to boil over.”

Herbert w🌄as an FIA steward up until the end of last year but was dismissed ahead of the 2025 season due to his media commitments.

Speaking to , Herbert weighed in on the controver🌊sy in Barcelona.

“Yes, I totally agree with Nico Rosberg, Max Verstappen deserved a black flag and should have been disqualified,” he said. “There's a point where you have to be hard on the driver when there have been many of these types of incidents. Verstappen is the best driver on the track, with the best racecraft and judgement, but there ♓is✅ always a story with him.

“It's usually some kind of racing incident we all end up talking about with Verstappen, unfortunate📖ly. It was clear as day that♉ Verstappen's move on George Russell was on purpose. He backed out at the right corner, where he could then attack and retake the place by driving into Russell. To me, that's overstepping the mark.”

Why Verstappen should have been black-flagged

Verstappen ꧒w🌜as ultimately handed a 10-second time penalty, dropping him from fifth to 10th.

Herbert thinks that givᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚing him just a time penalty puts it on the same level of severity as any other incident.

“A black flag is something that could have been thought of by the stewards and the race director, you have to stop this wheel-banging t♐ype of racing,” Herbert added.

“Anyone can go and crash into another car, it's totally🔯 wrong to purposely bang into a fellow driver. It's happened historically, with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, with Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill, and with Jacques Villeneuve too. In the 1997 incident, Schumacher was banned for the season.

“For me, I'd like to think I was a hard and clean racer, and Verstappen can be that too, that collision overstepped the mark. I don't want to see it, nor do the drivers. That type of racing should n🅠ot happen, if it does happen, the penalty should be harsher to stamp it out. It can't just be a 10-second penalty, otherwise you're treating it like any other racing incident.”