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Verstappen says "stupid" penalties "killing the sport"

Max Verstappen has blasted Formula 1's stewards for "killing the sport" with their "idiot" decision to take away his United States Grand Prix podium with a track limits penalty. Verstappen charged from 16th on the grid to finish third on the road at the Austin F1 race, after a thrilling last-lap pass on Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari. But the FIA stewards adjudged Verstappen to have gained an unfair advantage by cutting the inside of Turn 17 and going off the circuit to make the move. They slapped him with a five-second time penalty, demoting him back to fourth and stopped him in his tracks on his way to the podium. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner called the decision...
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