Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has suggested it has not been a great week for FIA decisions, after Max Verstappen escaped penalty for getting in the way of Valtteri Bottas in Mexican GP qualifying. Bottas was on his first flying lap in Q3 when he came up behind a slow Verstappen in the stadium section. Verstappen moved to the left on the exit of Turn 12 to try to get out of the way, but Bottas had to jink to the right to avoid the Dutchman and then locked up at the following corner. The matter was investigated by the stewards but it was deemed that Verstappen did not deserve a penalty as he was not judged to have ‘impeded’ Bottas. In the wake of the controversial decision to punish...
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