At midnight, Verstappen was punished with an additional ten seconds of extra time to the five he already received during the race, but nothing that affected the result in the race.
The Formula 1 race in Saudi Arabia was eventful from start to finish.
First, Mick Schumacher crashed on lap 15 and the race was stopped.
It was to be stopped again shortly afterwards when several cars were involved in a collision.
In the end, it was a battle for first place between F1 sovereigns Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.
And it became rock hard with just over 15 laps left to drive.
At first Hamilton tried to overtake but Verstappen closed him hard and Hamilton was very annoyed.
Verstappen was given a time penalty of five seconds for leaving the track and thus gaining an advantage in connection with the incident.
- That guy is crazy, the British was heard saying on the stable radio in Viaplay's broadcast.
Hamilton drove on Verstappen
The next lap there was a new incident when Hamilton collided with Verstappen from behind.
- I slowed down and would let him pass.
He tried to drive past and we touched each other.
I do not really understand what happened there, says Verstappen in the interview after the race.
Hamilton:
- I did not understand why he braked so hard and suddenly, and then I drove on him from behind.
Then he drove on and I did not really understand what was happening.
I got a message afterwards that he would let me pass, it was confusing, he says.
Equally before the decision
In the end, Hamilton got past Verstappen and the reigning champion was first in goal with Verstappen as second.
Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas finished third.
Thus, both Verstappen and Hamilton have 369.5 points before the end of the season in Abu Dhabi next weekend.