Verstappen was deemed culpable for forcing Norris off at Turn 4, and for leaving the track and gaining an advantage through Turn 8, and was handed two separate 10-second time penalties by the stewards as a result.
As the Red Bull man went on to finish the race in sixth, forced to serve his combined 20 seconds of penalties at the pit stop, Norris went on to finish in second place, having profited when Leclerc made a mistake through the final corner on Lap 62.
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“I knew what to expect,” Norris said on his battle with Verstappen immediately after hopping out of the car.
“I didn’t want to expect such a thing, because I respect him a lot as a driver, but I was ready to expect something like this – and this is not very clean driving in my opinion. But I avoided it and it was a good race.”
