Max Verstappen enjoyed his “tough” battle with Charles Leclerc but the stewards are investigating the final two laps of the race which was won by the Red Bull driver.
Double waved yellow flags were shown during the final two laps following a collision between Alexander Albon and Lance Stroll. Verstappen began the 50th and final lap leading Leclerc and complained on the radio his rival closed on him in the areas where yellow flags were shown.
“How’d he close up?” Verstappen asked on the final lap. “That’s so unfair.”
A message from race control after the chequered flag announced “laps 49 and 50 – double yellow under investigation.”
A message from race control after the chequered flag announced “laps 49 and 50 – double yellow under investigation.”
Verstappen held Leclerc off to the line at the end of a race in which the pair exchanged the lead several times. “It was really tough but a good race,” said Verstappen after taking his first win of 2022.
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