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Former F1 driver Martin Brundle has disagreed with the penalty Max Verstappen received in the Spanish Grand Prix.
Martin Brundle strongly believes that Max Verstappen deserved the maximum four penalty points from the F1 stewards after his clash with George Russell in Barcelona. Verstappen was given three penalty points and a 10-second time penalty, bringing him close to a race ban. Despite starting well at the Canadian Grand Prix, Brundle thinks Verstappen should not have been allowed to race. He argues that a drive-through penalty would have been more suitable than a time penalty, calling the stewards “lenient”. Brundle felt that the stewards should have given Verstappen the full four penalty points and a 30-second penalty, rather than just three points and a 10-second penalty in Spain. He also mentioned that black-flagging Verstappen would have been too extreme without knowing all the facts.
