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Brundle critical of 'harsh' Verstappen grid penalty

Article To news overview © RN365/Michael Potts Martin Brundle has labelled the grid penalties handed to Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas at the Qatar Grand Prix as "harsh". Verstappen had initially qualified in second for the race, but was hit with a five-place grid drop after failing to slow sufficiently for double waved yellow flags at the end of Q3, brought out to cover Pierre Gasly's stricken AlphaTauri. Bottas and Carlos Sainz were also summoned to the stewards, and Bottas was given a three-place grid drop for failing to slow for a single waved yellow flag. Meanwhile Sainz escaped a penalty after the stewards deemed that he was not guilty of the same transgression as...
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