Max Verstappen still hasn’t got over the penalty he received for the contact with Valtteri Bottas during the Italian Grand Prix.
The Dutchman was defending from the Mercedes driver at Monza until he moved across to take the line into the first chicane with Bottas alongside and the pair touched sending the Finn down the escape road.
An angry Verstappen slammed the stewards for ‘killing racing’ over the radio when hearing of his five-second penalty and even now the even bothers him.
“For me, to be honest, I think it was still unfair because I did leave him a car’s width,” he told RaceFans.
“I think it happened the year before as well with Felipe and his teammate at the time.”
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Overall, the Red Bull man has been frustrated with the stewards’ decisions often going against him and he wasn’t afraid to make that point again.
“I think penalties, in general, the whole season have been a bit all over the place. Sometimes yes, sometimes not,” he said.
“Of course, looking back at it [Monza] I could have braked a bit straighter instead of going to the left, but when you’re in the car it’s really difficult to judge that when you arrive at 300kph.”