F1
Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli crash in Miami GP sprint as huge penalty dished out
Max Verstappen picked up a 10-second time penalty for a pit-lane crash with Kimi Antonelli at the Miami Grand Prix sprint race. The Dutchman was released into the path of the Mercedes driver after an error from his team. The two drivers were in the pit lane as the track conditions swung from the intermediate tyres towards the soft. However, after a strong stop, the Red Bull engineers neglected to hold Verstappen for an extra split second, which would have allowed Antonelli to clear him and pull into his stall.
This meant that Verstappen had nowhere to go with Antonelli on his outside. He slammed on the brakes, but the pair made contact, shattering the four-time world champion’s front wing endplate and stopping the Mercedes driver from making a stop. “Guys, come on,” the Dutchman complained on the radio.
