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Red Bull says Ocon 'lucky to escape with a shove'

Nov.12 Max Verstappen has found support from within his team for his behaviour after the Brazilian grand prix. The Dutchman was sentenced to two days of FIA community service after physically shoving Esteban Ocon in the post-race driver weighing area. The pair clashed while Verstappen was leading the race and Force India's Ocon was unlapping himself. "It's outrageous that an inferior driver with a Mercedes contract knocks the race leader off the track and receives only a ten second penalty," said Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko. "The desperate Mercedes driver who has been promised a seat for 2020 cost us a win," he charged. "Do I personally want to talk to him?...
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