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Steward confirms Verstappen faced five-second penalty

Formula 1 steward Emanuele Pirro said Max Verstappen would have at worse been given a five-second penalty at the Bahrain Grand Prix. In the closing stages of the season-opener both Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton played their parts in a scintillating fight for victory, once which Hamilton emerged from victorious to start his pursuit of an eighth World Championship with victory. It was not without controversy though as Verstappen was forced to hand the lead back to Hamilton after breaching track limits to pass him at Turn 4. Hamilton meanwhile had been warned for persistently abusing track limits at that corner throughout the race. 'It was clear that both in the practice sessions and in...
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