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Max Verstappen doesn't understand 'stupid' penalty after clash with Kimi Raikkonen in Japanese GP

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has said he doesn't understand why a 'stupid' five-second penalty was handed to him during the Japanese Grand Prix. In the opening laps of the race, Verstappen locked up going into the Casio Triangle while defending from Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and ran wide onto the green astroturf. Whilst returning to the circuit, Raikkonen attempted to go around the outside of the Red Bull but was forced off on to the grass as Verstappen attempted to recover after his mistake. The race stewards deemed the 21-year old had come back on track in an unsafe manner. 'So the first one, I totally do not agree with, with that penalty,' said the young Dutchman. 'I locked up,...
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