Horner Questions FIA Were Verstappen's Penalties Too Severe

Horner: Verstappen’s penalties are ‘a touch too harsh’

27/10/2024

Christian Horner challenges FIA decisions, questioning the severity of penalties given to Max Verstappen during his battle with Lando Norris.

Christian Horner, the Red Bull team principal, clearly holds a differing view from Zak Brown.

In his opinion, Max Verstappen was harshly penalised during his battle with Lando Norris, deeming the two cumulative 10-second penalties as “a touch too severe.”

“Max went off the track at turn 4 and then again at turn 7, while Lando left the door open very late, leading both to take the escape route.”

“The issue, as I see it, is that we’re venturing into a very dangerous area—namely, at what point will a dive bomb become acceptable?”

“I believe the FIA and the drivers really need to come together and agree on what is and isn’t acceptable. I felt that two 10-second penalties were a bit too harsh today.”

“We always need to play by the rules. We’ll review and learn from this race, but what stood out most for us today is that we simply didn’t have the pace. That’s what we’ll focus on over the next five days.”

Horner Questions FIA Were Verstappen's Penalties Too Severe

Horner Questions FIA: Were Verstappen’s Penalties Too Severe? Horner Questions FIA: Were Verstappen’s Penalties Too Severe?

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Full 2025 F1 testing results

Carlos Sainz
1
CARLOS
SAINZ
Leader
Lewis Hamilton
2
LEWIS
HAMILTON
+0.031s
Charles Leclerc
3
CHARLES
LECLERC
+0.083s
George Russell
4
GEORGE
RUSSELL
+0.197s
Max Verstappen
5
MAX
VERSTAPPEN
+0.218s
Alex Albon
6
ALEX
ALBON
+0.302s
Kimi Antonelli
7
KIMI
ANTONELLI
+0.436s
Oscar Piastri
8
OSCAR
PIASTRI
+0.592s
Pierre Gasly
9
PIERRE
GASLY
+0.692s
Lance Stroll
10
LANCE
STROLL
+0.881s
Liam Lawson
11
LIAM
LAWSON
+0.904s
Jack Doohan
12
JACK
DOOHAN
+1.020s
Yuki Tsunoda
13
YUKI
TSUNODA
+1.149s
Isack Hadjar
14
ISACK
HADJAR
+1.327s
Fernando Alonso
15
FERNANDO
ALONSO
+1.352s
Esteban Ocon
16
ESTEBAN
OCON
+1.380s
Lando Norris
17
LANDO
NORRIS
+1.534s
Gabriel Bortoleto
18
GABRIEL
BORTOLETO
+1.709s
Nico Hulkenberg
19
NICO
HULKENBERG
+2.109s
Oliver Bearman
20
OLIVER
BEARMAN
+3.013s

Testing Total Distance Covered by Team

1
Mercedes
458
2
Haas
457
3
Racing Bulls
454
4
Alpine
405
5
Williams
395
6
Ferrari
382
7
McLaren
381
8
Sauber
354
9
Aston Martin
306
10
Red Bull
304
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