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FIA brush off Verstappen's ‘killing racing' taunt

FIA race director Charlie Whiting says he may have a 'little chat' with Max Verstappen, but is not particularly ruffled by his comments in Italy. Verstappen accused the race stewards of 'killing racing' when he was slapped with a five-second penalty for the way he defended position against Valtteri Bottas at Turn 1 during the Italian Grand Prix. The Dutchman continued to react to the decision by keeping Bottas behind him for the rest of the race, which helped Sebastian Vettel leapfrog him in the final classification to P4. It is not the first time that Verstappen has been heavily critical of the stewards following a race incident involving him, but Whiting is not set to come down too hard...
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