wasn't aware of what was going on and ran into the back of the red bull believing verstappen had brake tested him because the position swap never happened verstappen was then given a five second penalty for going off track and gaining an advantage at the first two corners verstappen then did let hamilton through at the same place they had collided only to immediately retake the position into the final corner shortly after this hamilton then re-took the lead decisively into the final corner again and this time he ran verstappen wide into the corner to prevent another attack the drama wasn't over there with a post-race investigation into the collision between the two drivers also taking place verstappen was penalized for causing that collision picking up a NUMBER_TOKEN second penalty that didn't affect his race result and he had two penalty points added to his license in the steward's verdict they noted that verstappen was told to let hamilton pass strategically and said it was obvious that neither driver wanted to take the lead prior to the drs detection zone which the stewards said they understood however the decisive factor that landed verstappen the penalty was that after the initial confusion between the two drivers which included hamilton hanging back behind the red ball verstappen then braked suddenly and significantly at a pressure of NUMBER_TOKEN bar resulting in a NUMBER_TOKEN g deceleration the stewards said that was erratic and the predominant cause of the collision which was why verstappen was penalized however his penalty didn't affect the race result so verstappen and hamilton remain tied on points with verstappen ahead in the championship on countback due to winning more races in NUMBER_TOKEN next up we're going to look at what both drivers and their team bosses said on sunday night we'll have plenty of interesting videos for you before and after the upcoming abu dhabi title decider so make sure you don't miss anything that we do by hitting that subscribe button if you're not already part of our team
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