Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes the punishment of a five-second time penalty for Max Verstappen was fair, and the Canadian praises the focus and enthusiasm of the 21-year-old. Verstappen was penalised for a pit collision with Valtteri Bottas, with the Red Bull Racing team sending an "unsafe release", forcing the Dutchman to be ahead of the Finn coming out of the pit-lane. For the rest of the race in Monaco, it was Verstappen trying to get in front of Lewis Hamilton, who was a place above at the top of the grid, to try and open up a significant gap to the Brit, who was running very slow due to tyre problems. However, the Dutchman couldn't break the stern defence...
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