Talking within the post-race press convention following his victory, Verstappen was requested for his response to the penalty he obtained, to which he responded: “I could not consider that I bought it. However in a method, I used to be additionally like, yeah, I am not shocked anymore on this planet that I stay in.
“You are not proud of it, however at one level additionally you need to simply flip the web page. However, yeah, it wasn’t very gratifying to see that occur, as a result of I feel that is the primary time that in a gradual lap somebody has been penalised, whereas, truly, I simply tried to be good, so possibly I should not be good.
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“However the factor is that, as a result of on the finish of the season, all the pieces is kind of determined, for me particularly, I did not need to screw anybody over to organize their lap. And by doing that, being good, principally you get a penalty.
“That is what I attempted to clarify as effectively, however I simply felt like I used to be speaking to a brick wall, so there’s not a lot that was doable for no matter motive.
