Mercedes have requested for the stewards’ to revisit last weekend’s controversial incident between the two title rivals after both drivers left the track at Turn 4 when Hamilton atte🌃mpted to pass Verstappen around the outside on lap 48. 

Hamilton eventually successfully overtook Verstappen on his way to completing a stunning fightb♊ack victory in Brazil, but 🍃Mercedes believes the clash should be reopened after the stewards decided against punishing the Red Bull driver. 

Following a lengthy hearing on Thursday ahead of thi🔜s weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, the stewards have delayed a verdict over whether or not to grant Mercedes’ right to review Verstappen’s defensive manoeuvre. 

"Listen, if it would have been the other way around in Brazil it would have exactly played out like that," Verstappen tol🙈d Sky Sports. 

"It's hard racing. We are fighting for a championship; we are not here to be in a kinderga༒rten.”

Verstappen believes Mercedes’ request to review the incident was ultimately sparked by🔯 Hamilton’s disqualific🌠ation from qualifying on Friday in Brazil. 

"They already said after they got disqualified they're going to complain about every s🌜ingle thing, even if there's tape hanging loose,” he said. 

“So I think that's a normal reactioꩲn. That’s why itไ's kind of expected.” 

Red Bull were unsuccessful in its own attempt to seek harshe🅺r punishment for Hamilton after contact with Verstappen led to the Dutchman’s race-ending crash on the first lap of July’s British Grand Prix. 

Verstappen insisted the two situations were completely 🎉different. 

🍌"It's a bit of a difference [to Silverstone],” Verstappen explained. 

“He still wo🦋n the race, whereas in Silverstone I was in the wall. Those two are not t🔯he same. They were upset by being disqualified."