F1 stewards defend Hamilton penalty
F1 race director Michael Masi has responded to the Red Bull team’s anger over Sir Lewis Hamilton being given a 10sec penalty for his British GP clash with Max Verstappen. Verstappen was hospitalised after being hit from behind by Hamilton, who recovered to win, greatly boosting his title hopes. Masi said the FIA, F1 and F1 team bosses are all “adamant” that the stewards should “judge the merits of an incident, not what happens afterwards as a consequence”.