Max Verstappen accused by Toto Wolff of ‘offending revenge’ against Lewis Hamilton | F1

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Hamilton was trying to start a flying lap to get himself out of SQ1, but he was unaware that Verstappen was closing in behind him on his lap.

Verstappen was hampered by Hamilton as a result, and the favor was later returned.

“The mistake was made on our part,” Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admitted.

“The contact between us and Lewis didn’t give him the right information to get out of Max’s way.

“I think nobody wants to be in anyone’s way because if you obstruct, you get punished, so that wasn’t the point.

Turn 1, on the other hand, was a retaliatory mistake [by Verstappen[. It was just to make sure that [Hamilton’s[ lap was ruined.

“So one was not intentional, the other one was intentional – but who cares? At the end, we looked at whether it was going to change our race or not…

“But I think they’re going to talk about it at the drivers’ briefing next week.”

Red Bull driver Verstappen said about Hamilton’s initial manoeuvre: “He blocked me into the last corner so I had to brake more and I lost like three tenths, so that wasn’t ideal, I think not correct.”

Mercedes’ Hamilton was forced to begin the sprint race from 18th on the grid.

Verstappen won Saturday’s sprint race and can extend his advantage at the summit of the F1 standings with another win in Sunday’s grand prix.

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