The Red Bull driver picked up 🌸two separate time penalties after being involved in several incidents with F1 tit𓆉le rival Lewis Hamilton as they battled for victory in the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. 

Verstappen was hit with a five-second time penalty for running Hamilton off-track at Turn 1, while he received a post-race 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with the Mercedes driver. Despite the penalt﷽ies, Verstappen kept his second place finish behind Hamilton. 

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi title showdown, Versꦕtappen said he still feels aggrieved by the decisi𝔉ons. 

“Clꩲearly things don’t apply for everyone because the things I did in terms of defending, two other guys also dꩵid and they didn’t get a mention or penalty,” Verstappen said. 

“I don’t understand as I thought I was just racing hard.  What happened for me didn’t deserve any penalty and clearly the 🦹other two people who did it they didn’t get one but clearly൲ it’s only me that gets it. 

“Of course fighting at the front people are a bit mo✨re critical but for me I don’t 🅷understand.” 

⛎Asked about the criticism he has received following the race, Verstappen said: “Well I mean at the end of the day criticism, that’s always there, but I think from my side what is unfair is I’m treated differently than other drivers. 

“Clearly other drivers cꦦan get aw෴ay with it and I can’t.”

Vers🍒tappen also believes it is wrong that Hamilton did not face a penal🔥ty for pushing him wide at the final corner when he made his race-winning move in the closing stages of the race. 

“For me I was not wrong, and clearly only I was wrong somehow, li🔴ke I said while other peopl꧑e do exactly the same thing and get nothing,” he explained. 

“Both of us we were outside of the track, outside of the white line into Turn 1, and yeah, somehow they judged that it was my fault which I don’t agrღee with, a🅠nd also the other penalty as well, I don’t agree with. 

“Afterwards he pushes me off track, he even🐠 looks at me, and just doesn’t turn in, and just pushes me outside of the white line, the track🔜 edge, and he only gets a warning for that. 

“Definitely iꦰt is not how it should be and also not fair because it seems other drivers can do different things and only seems like I get a penalty.” 

Asked whether he will consider changing hi🐽s approach in light𝔍 of the stewards’ rulings in Jeddah, Verstappen replied:  “The only thing I ask is that it’s fair for everyone but clearly that’s not the case for the moment. 

“But like I said I don’t feel like I was wrong and clearly it is not wrong for others.&nb♕sp;

“So why should I then change while for others it’s allowed to race like that, I think everyone should be allowed to race like that.☂”