Ex-F1 driver Johnny Herbert - who was a steward at the Austrian Grand Prix - has explained why 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was only handed a 10-second time penalty.

Verstappen was given a 10-second penalty after colliding with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris on the approach to Turn 3 on Lap 64 of the race.

The contact resulted in punctures for both drivers, handing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell an unlikely victory.

Replay footage showed Verꦆstappen veering slightly left under braking as Norris attempted to get alongside.

Speaking to , Herbert - who was on duty for the FIA this weekend - explained why Verstappen’s p🐓enalty was 10 seconds.

“Tha♎t is the hardest one that can be applied under FIA guidelines that we operate under as stewards,” he said. “McLaren have said it should have been harsher, but that is the game all teams play.

"If someone had flipped over or been🐽 barrel rolling down the track 🌟I don’t know if that would have changed things. Forcing a driver off the circuit or causing an incident is what it came under.

“That was the maximum sanction we could have taken.🅘”

Norris was unhappy with Versꦦtappen’s defending prior to the eventual contact🍸.

Herbert ♔described Verstappen’s tactic🍌s as “clever” before detailing why further penalties weren’t handed out by the stewards.

“The good thing with someone like Max is that although he does not agree with it, he will find a way to use his weaponry in a different way,” he added. “As stewards, we looked at his under-braking 𝐆and it was not clear.

“It was clever and just and just made it a bit m🦄ore difficult for Lando to pick whether he went left or right into a particular corner.

“He will adjust somehow and find ano🦩ther way of doing it but still put the same pressure to whoever hiꦆs opponent is.”

Herbert also defended Norris for doing the “right thing” to avoid being intimidated by Verstappen - a tactic deployed by other F1 greats such as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher.

“It was Max’s fault. He is a hard racer,” he explained. “He is very, very hard to beat. ꩲHe intimidates everybody. That intimidation is something that Lewꦆis. Michael Schumacher, and Ayrton Senna, have always done.

“When🦂 you come up against Max as he is driving today, there’s a point if you’re Lando that you have to say: ‘I am here. I am at your side. You are trying to squeeze me off the circuit. And ✃I am not going to move.’

“Lando did the right thin♐g. He did not move. He did not have to. Some people said he could have moved. But that is not how you beat Max♋ or how you win the Grand Prix.

It is the side o꧅f Max that has alw♏ays been part of his armoury.

“We haven’t s♊een it for a while, because he has been so dominant. It is interesting to see how he reacts under pressure. He did not agree with the penalty that came his way which also included two points on his license.