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Verstappen: Seb penalty was a small bit of justice

< > It was a classic TV moment when Max Verstappen realised, in the pre-podium room at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, that he was actually not supposed to be there and in fact at that point Sebastian Vettel was third while the Dutch teenager was demoted to fifth due to a five second penalty he received from the FIA race stewards. Vettel celebrated with gusto on the spectacular podium, in the stadium arena, but it was Verstappen and the Red Bull team who had the last laugh on the day as Vettel was also penalised, the ten seconds punishment he received dropped him to fifth, promoting Verstappen to fourth and Daniel Ricciardo to third. Verstappen commented afterwards, 'I think it was a...
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