Jenson Button insists the FIA stewards were correct not to implement a harsher punishment on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen for his tangle with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris.

McLaren’s Norris saw his Austrian Grand Prix cut brutally short last weekend 🐬after contact with Red Bull’s Verstappen.

Verstappen was hit with a 10-secoꦉnd penalty which Christian Horner labelled “harsh”.

Their friendship - and Verstappen’s uncompromising driving style - a🐷re under the microscope ahead of this weekend’s F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Ex-F1 champion Button told Sky Sports: “I enjoyed watching the battle between Max and Lando - it’s something we’ll be talking about for races to come, years to come, these two fighting f🍬or a worl💫d championship.

“There’s a lot of talk about Max moving in the b꧒raking zoඣne. Should he have had a bigger penalty?

“It might be controversial but I don’t think he should hav༺e.

“When he b🐲raked, he slightly went to the left. Sometimes that happens. You look to the right, you move to the l♊eft a bit.

“Iꦿ think he moved to the left because Lando was there, which is the issue.

“Lando also could have moved to🍎 the left. There was a lot more circuit to go. And avoided the contact.

“Something very similar happene♊d last year in Austria on exactly tꦑhe same corner. It was Carlos Sainz on the inside and Verstappen on the outside.

“Carlos moved to the left, exactly as Max does. Max follows him, runs on th꧙e kerb, they don’t make conta🎃ct.

“It’s hard racing. Sometimes it goes wrong and we talk ꦐabout it afterwards. But it’s great that we’re talking about it because these two will be fighting for years to come.

“Th👍is sets us up for the British Grand Prix. It will be these two fightin꧂g for the win.”

McLaren boss Andrea Stella reacted to the contact in Aus𝔉tria by insisting a bad precedent was set by the stewards who did not punish Verstappen severely enough for historic scraps with Lewis Hamilton.

However, Button believes Stella is mere🐭ly seeking🌟 an on-track advantage with his bold words.

“Max, in the pꦅast, has been overly aggressive especially against Lewis,” Bu✱tton said.

“I don’𒈔t feel it’s that way against Lando at the moment. If they went a step further, it wouౠld be.

“Drivers never ๊used to come on the radio and say ‘he pushed me off!’

“They do ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚit because it’s a reaction that the stewards will hear, and hopefully do something about it, because they have done in the past.

“Andrea knows it will get a reaction, and could chang𒁏e the result.”

Button backed Norris for victory this Sunday at Silversಞtone, which would be hugely popular for his home fanbase.

Althouꦦgh it is Mercedes’ George Russell, anot▨her Brit, who enters his home race having won last weekend in Austria.