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Why wasn't Hamilton punished for exceeding track limits, while Verstappen was?

Article To news overview © Red Bull Content Pool / Getty Images Max Verstappen was forced to give up the lead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, moments after sweeping around the outside of Lewis Hamilton to take top spot with three laps to go. Having run marginally wide at the exit of Turn 4 to hold onto the position, Red Bull radioed their driver to give back the place and try to take the lead again without any doubts over the passes' legality. Verstappen fell in behind Hamilton again but, with ailing tyres, wasn't able to get back past the Mercedes driver. "I'd prefer to have finished first and then gotten a penalty, than finish second," Verstappen explained to Ziggo Sport...
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