Helmut Marko has admitted that had Red Bull's strategists acted on Lando Norris' impending penalty for track limits violations, the race-ending clash might have been avoided. Verstappen's disastrous pit stop on Lap 51, and a scrappy out-lap which almost saw him lose control of his car, saw his lead reduced to just a couple of seconds, at which point the pursuing Norris ramped up the pressure as he moved in for the kill in a car that clearly had better pace. However, in his eagerness to hunt down the world champion the Briton exceeded track limits on three occasions, at Turn 3, 1 and then 3 again, leading to the black and white flag which demotes that one more violation and you are...
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