Jos Verstappen has taken goal at F1’s stewards after Max Verstappen was hit with two 10-second time penalties on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Verstappen was handed 20 seconds value of penalties for 2 incidents with F1 title rival Lando Norris on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
The Dutchman in the end completed sixth, and with Norris securing second, his lead within the championship has been reduce all the way down to 47 factors.
The penalties Verstappen obtained in Mexico had been extra extreme than seen at any level this 12 months, significantly since in Austin, he escaped any punishment for forcing Norris vast on the opening lap.
Talking to Dutch publication De Telegraaf, Jos defended his son’s driving, stating “he has to do that” as a consequence of how uncompetitive the RB20 is in the intervening time.
“You can begin speaking about it for a really very long time, nevertheless it makes no distinction anyway, Max has to drive the way in which he needs,” Jos stated.
“He has to do that as a result of the automobile shouldn’t be adequate and he’s doing all the things he can to win the title.”
The 52-year-old steered that the stewards on responsibility in Mexico “don’t like” Max therefore the tough penalties.
For Mexico, former Sky pundit Johnny Herbert was the FIA’s driver steward.
“However Max shouldn’t be going to vary his driving type as a result of there have been a few stewards current now who don’t like him anyway,” Jos added.
“The FIA ought to take an excellent have a look at the staffing of the stewards, who they put there and whether or not there is no such thing as a look of a battle of curiosity.
“From former drivers, for instance, who’ve extra sympathy for sure drivers or [teams].”
“So far as Max is anxious, a very powerful factor is that the idea, the automobile, shouldn’t be good.
“You might see that in his teammate’s efficiency, even Haas was sooner than Crimson Bull within the race.”
