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Hakkinen: Verstappen’s penalty were unfair, but Ricciardo deserved a punishment
Two-time F world champion, Mika Hakkinen has leapt to Max Verstappen's defence after his high-speed crash at Monaco. Critics blasted teenager Verstappen's young age and inexperience after the frightening Ste Devote crash, and the FIA issued a five-place grid demotion for Canada and added two penalty points to his super licence. 17-year-old Verstappen, however, claimed on Wednesday that he only crashed due to being dangerously 'brake-tested' by Lotus' Romain Grosjean. Hakkinen, told the Finnish newspaper Ilta Sanomat: 'Grosjean was on a different line as in previous laps. 'He also drove at a different speed. I think if the Lotus had not changed its speed and trajectory, it is likely that...
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