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Verstappen claims he reacted to Ocon smirk

Max Verstappen Max Verstappen claims that a smirk and unsympathetic response from Esteban Ocon prompted him to push the Force India driver after the Brazilian Grand Prix. Emotions boiled over when the two happened upon each other at the scales post-race, after Ocon had spun the then-race leading Verstappen while trying to unlap himself. The Red Bull Racing driver, who went on to finish second, has been called to complete two days of ‘public service’ as punishment from the FIA while Ocon received a 10-second stop-go penalty in-race and incurred three penalty points on his racing licence. Verstappen intimated that the Frenchman’s response afterwards inflamed the situation. “It is...
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