Max Verstappen knew that the stewards would not be on his side in Qatar, so focused on his driving to overcome that obstacle. Initially set to start P2, the Red Bull driver would be hit with a five-place grid penalty for failing to respect double-waved yellows in qualifying, a decision which infuriated Red Bull and earned team boss Christian Horner a date with the stewards for his comments. For Verstappen, the penalty came as no surprise, hinting at bias against him. 'Well no surprises there,' he told Sky F1 when asked about that five-place penalty. 'I mean I knew already last night that I never get presents from them, so it's okay.' Pushed on the subject of feeling hard done by,...
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