Red Bull showed angered at the decision of fetching third position from Max Verstappen at United States Grand Prix.
He faced five seconds penalty for abusing track limits while passing Ferrari’s Kimi Raikokonen on the last lap.
Christian Horner, Red Bull team boss, considered the decision “appalling” while Verstappen said it was “very weird”
He added, “Consistency is lacking and understanding racing. They do understand how to kill the sport.”
The Red Bull Dutchman finished third at the circuit leaving behind Raikkonen. But he was told about five-point penalty in the ‘green room’, to which he had to leave the podium place for Ferrari.
“I am still a happy man but of course we should have been third,” he said.
“It is very weird because the whole weekend we could run off track and there were no track limits.
“Even my fight with (Mercedes driver Valtteri) Bottas, he went off the track when I was in front and he came back in front of me and there was no penalty given, and we overtake him again.
“I am fine with that but then I am fighting with Kimi and I do get a penalty.
“For the sport, the fans also don’t understand, they are loving it and then they ruin the sport. They should keep going like this and then for sure within two years the fans are walking away here.
Horner said, “It is a great shame. We have seen cars going off track all weekend.
“We have seen cars in the grand prix going beyond circuit limits with no action and Max makes an outstanding pass on Kimi and unfortunately had it taken off him.”
Horner recalled an agreement that was made in Mexico last year that affected Verstappen after a similar accident. He said that the officials did not abide by that agreement and the penalty is given again in the time.
He added, “What’s annoying is the lack of consistency.”
Most drivers in their fight with Red Bull drivers were on the edge of the corner when they went off the track chasing. The FIA argued further, “Verstappen gained a lasting advantage by leaving the track, with all four wheels clearly off the track by at least half a metre, and overtook [Raikkonen] in doing so.”
