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Whiting: Verstappen’s chicane-cut comment ‘silly’

Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting believes Max Verstappen’s comments about Valtteri Bottas cutting the final chicane in the Japanese Grand Prix were “silly”. The Mercedes driver skipped across the artificial grass after locking-up into the chicane in the closing stages of the race while under pressure from Verstappen - who had earlier received a five-second time penalty for forcing Kimi Raikkonen off track following a wide moment at the same corner. Bottas re-joined ahead of the Red Bull driver and went on to finish second, prompting Verstappen to tell Sky Sports F1: “If I get a five-second penalty for that [Raikkonen incident] then next time I’ll just cut the track and do...
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