Jos Verstappen has taken goal at F1’s stewards after Max Verstappen was hit with two 10-second time penalties on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Verstappen was handed 20 seconds price of penalties for 2 incidents with F1 title rival Lando Norris on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
The Dutchman finally completed sixth, and with Norris securing second, his lead within the championship has been minimize right down to 47 factors.
The penalties Verstappen obtained in Mexico have been extra extreme than seen at any level this 12 months, significantly since in Austin, he escaped any punishment for forcing Norris large on the opening lap.
Talking to Dutch publication De Telegraaf, Jos defended his son’s driving, stating “he has to do that” as a consequence of how uncompetitive the RB20 is for the time being.
“You can begin speaking about it for a really very long time, however it makes no distinction anyway, Max has to drive the way in which he needs,” Jos stated.
“He has to do that as a result of the automobile shouldn’t be adequate and he’s doing all the things he can to win the title.”
The 52-year-old advised that the stewards on responsibility in Mexico “don’t like” Max therefore the tough penalties.
For Mexico, former Sky pundit Johnny Herbert was the FIA’s driver steward.
“However Max shouldn’t be going to vary his driving fashion as a result of there have been a few stewards current now who don’t like him anyway,” Jos added.
“The FIA ought to take a superb take a look at the staffing of the stewards, who they put there and whether or not there isn’t any look of a battle of curiosity.
“From former drivers, for instance, who’ve extra sympathy for sure drivers or [teams].”
“So far as Max is worried, an important factor is that the premise, the automobile, shouldn’t be good.
“You might see that in his teammate’s efficiency, even Haas was sooner than Crimson Bull within the race.”
