38-year-old British driver Sam Bird, the 2015 World Champion in endurance racing in the LMP2 class, expressed an opinion that Max Verstappen from the Red Bull team may have intentionally provoked a penalty for McLaren driver Oscar Piastri during the British Grand Prix.
According to Bird, the incident resulted from a maneuver by the Dutch driver that caused the Australian to brake during the safety car period.
On July 6, the 12th race of the Formula 1 season, the British Grand Prix, took place at Silverstone in Northamptonshire. Lando Norris of McLaren emerged victorious.
Max is able to process things very, very quickly. I think Max is so good that he saw an opportunity there. ‘If I make this look a little bit dangerous, I don't have the car to win this weekend. But if I can get them a penalty.' Like what he did in Canada with George, he pushed the FIA to look into it. Here he's pushed the FIA to look into it and give a penalty. However, he's then made a mistake himself. And that's what we saw up and down the pit lane this weekend. Most drivers making mistakes. The only three that didn't were Nico Hülkenberg, Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris.
It's worth mentioning that Norris' teammate and championship leader, Oscar Piastri, finished second, lagging 6.812 seconds behind the winner. German driver Nico Hülkenberg from the Sauber team finished third, +34.742 seconds behind. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen from Red Bull took fifth place, finishing +56.781 seconds behind.
The next Formula 1 race is scheduled to take place from July 25 to July 27 at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
Previously, Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso referred to Max Verstappen as the best driver.
