Verstappen says ‘everyone should be called up for impeding’ if I am

Verstappen, Mercedes’ George Russell and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso are all facing a visit to the FIA stewards’ office after qualifying for causing big queues at the end of the pitlane as they headed out for their final Q1 runs at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. The three-time world champion, who qualified third behind the Ferrari duo, said he was “quite surprised” to have been called before the stewards. “Everyone is trying to make a gap,” the Red Bull driver explained. “I saw a car passing five cars behind me and then he tried to pass me as well but I’m just trying to…

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