Max Verstappen dealt his Formula 1 title defense a self-inflicted blow at the Spanish Grand Prix when he collided with George Russell’s Mercedes, in a move which Russell later said appeared to be “deliberate.

There’s precedent for harsher action. At the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix the stewards handed Sebastian Vettel a 10-second stop-go penalty for deliberately bumping Lewis Hamilton, the German having become suddenly angered when he thought the Mercedes driver brake-tested him behind the safety car.

Max Verstappen's first lap dive proved successful as he claimed victory at the weekend and Red Bull boss Christian Horner confessed it was an all or nothing shot

Oscar Piastri y Lando Norris están separados por apenas en la cima de la clasificación de pilotos de la Fórmula Uno y el binomio McLaren