News Details

Mercedes withdraws appeal against Max Verstappen defence

Mercedes has withdrawn its appeal against Red Bull's Max Verstappen for alledgedly driving 'erratically and in a dangerous manner' during the Japanese Grand Prix as he defended his second place from Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton chased down Verstappen in the closing laps of the race and mounted an overtaking move at the final chicane on the penultimate lap, but was blocked off by the Dutchman, forcing Hamilton to take to the escape road. Hamilton accused Verstappen of moving under braking - although not specifically against the rules, it is frowned upon by the stewards and they can take action if they feel it is dangerous. No investigation was announced and the FIA's Charlie...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes lodges protest against Verstappen move

Mercedes has lodged a protest against Max Verstappen's defensive move on...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Mercedes lodge appeal over Verstappen driving standards

Mercedes AMG PETRONAS have lodged an appeal to the FIA over the defensive...

Mercedes lodges protest over Verstappen defence

Mercedes has lodged a protest with the stewards against Red Bull...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

FIA Mercedes/Verstappen hearing deferred to Austin

The FIA's hearing into the Mercedes protest over Max Verstappen's...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

‘A World Champion cannot do a mistake like that'...

Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola admits he “would not disagree” if Jorge...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Officiating details infraction severity levels

IndyCar Officiating has released more specific information regarding the...

Josef Newgarden did not know Christian Rasmussen...

Josef Newgarden won Sunday night’s thriller at World Wide Technology...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal and Liverpool handed boost as £60m target...

Arsenal and Liverpool are interested in signing the PSG attacker Bradley...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal eye blockbuster 100m move as Real Madrid make...

Arda Guler has been heavily linked with a move away from Real Madrid this...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Christos Tzolis has sent clear transfer message: 'I...

Arsenal transfer target Christos Tzolis has recently been filmed saying it...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Big shoes to fill' – £80m Man United target...

Manchester United have been warned about how tough it might be to replace...
13h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.