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Jenson Button speaks of ‘problem with regulations’ as Max Verstappen scrutinizes him | F1

Mars October 21, 2024

2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button believes there is a “problem with the regulations” after Max Verstappen’s controversial incident with Lando Norris at the United States Grand Prix.

With four laps to go, Verstappen looked set to lose P3 to Norris, who looked to pass him on the outside of Turn 12.

However, Verstappen braked later in the corner, meaning both drivers went off the track.

Norris came out of the corner in front before moving away.

The sequence was quickly studied by the stewards, with Norris receiving a five-second penalty for “taking an advantage off the track”.

The decision outraged McLaren as Andrea Stella questioned stewards’ interference, while some critics felt Verstappen had escaped punishment for his robust first-lap move and then defending against Norris .

After the race, former McLaren driver Button questioned Verstappen’s tactic of deliberately braking just to have his “nose in front” at the apex of the corner.

Above all, this allows the defending driver – Verstappen in case – to own the corner.

“The only thing I find very difficult is yes, he’s in front at the top, but he’s in front at the top because he braked too much,” Button told Anthony Davidson during the analysis segment of the latter.

“He knows he has to be forward when he reaches the top. So he did that.

Davidson replied: “He did that because he knows he risks being overtaken on the outside. The same thing happened in Brazil 2021 with Hamilton.

“He knows you’re going to go so far off the track that I’m going to have to go off the track, off the field as well. We know how it works.

Button concluded: “It’s a problem with the regulations. If he knows whether to have his front nose in front at the apex, he simply takes off and lets his car enter the corner. He is in front but he does not take the turn.

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