FIA Super Licence
Following the accident with Romain Grosjean, the race stewards handed Max Verstappen a five-place grid penalty for the next race, the . For the first time in his Formula One career, Verstappen also had two penalty points added to his FIA Super Licence. Verstappen was criticised for his actions by fellow driver Felipe Massa, who said that he deserved the penalty. Verstappen reacted by insisting that he had done nothing wrong, instead pointing to Massa's own accident at the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix, where Massa had crashed into the back of Sergio Pérez in similar fashion. Immediately following the race, Verstappen had accused Grosjean of "brake-testing" him, a claim denied by Grosjean, who insisted that he had braked even later than the lap before.