Verstappen disagrees with Norris over Colapinto race ban

Max Verstappen has disagreed with Lando Norris over calls for Franco Colapinto to receive a race ban following their incident at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Colapinto caused a crash during a Safety Car restart in Baku when he locked up at Turn 1 and hit his Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly. The frenchman was then pushed into Norris, forcing all three drivers to retire from the race.

Norris called for Colapinto to receive a one-race ban, but Verstappen believes that would be too harsh.

“I think a race ban probably is a bit much,” Verstappen said, pointing out that Colapinto took responsibility for the incident and apologised.

Colapinto has since been handed a five-place grid penalty for the next race in Malaysia.