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Max Verstappen avoided a grid penalty after the FIA commissioners questioned him for potentially hindering Romain Grosjean in qualifying for the Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Verstappen, seventh qualifier, drew the wrath of Grosjean. [Gros plan] Grosjean sent a radio message to his team saying that Verstappen had "baded" him and told the media after: "It cost me the last two rounds, I lost 1.6 second on the turn and I caught up with it.
"I was so close and there was so much squirt that I could not see anything."
After summoning Verstappen, Grosjean and the representatives of their respective teams, and examined the evidence, the commissioners opted for
Their decision was based on the fact that Verstappen slowed down to create a gap with Pierre Gasly's Toro Rosso on the road, and that the distance between the cars concerned changed drastically: in a short period of time "Verstappen was in a fast lap but then caught up with Gasly at the start of the lap," read the explanations of the marshals, who then stopped the lap, Grosjean, who was in a fast lap, caught Verstappe n, six seconds behind turn 11 and four seconds behind turn 13.
"Verstappen was close to Gasly in turn 13. At this point Gasly set up for his quick turn and Verstappen in turn slowed to get a gap. Grosjean caught Verstappen between lap 13 and lap 14, which embarrbaded Grosjean.
"While Verstappen was receiving reasonable but slightly delayed information from his team, the commissioners took into account that visibility was limited."
"The differences between Gasly, Verstappen and Grosjean have changed over a very short of the track, and under the conditions, the marshals determined that the hindrance was not, as the rule indicates, "
The decision means that Verstappen keeps seventh on the grid and will line up three places in front of Grosjean, who was last in Q3.
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