Stewards deliver verdict on Charles Leclerc – Max Verstappen incident at Circuit de Catalunya in F1 Spain GP. The race stewards investigated the incident involving Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen in Spain.

The collision between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen in the closing stages of the Spanish GP was reviewed by the race stewards. The Monegasque was taking advantage of a mistake by his rival to overtake and move into third place.

The four-time world champion had already served a 10-second penalty for a similar incident with George Russell, which dropped him from fourth to tenth place. Now Leclerc risked suffering the same fate, potentially costing Ferrari a podium finish.

The contact between driver #16 and Verstappen was reviewed by the stewards after the chequered flag, and the official outcome has now arrived.

The Safety Car, which had been deployed earlier following Kimi Antonelli’s crash, was returning to the pits, and as soon as the race resumed, Charles Leclerc immediately attempted to attack the Dutchman, but the two made contact.

The stewards decided not to penalize Charles Leclerc. “No further action” was stated in the FIA’s report. Here is the explanation provided by the Federation.

The stewards said: “Car 1 (Verstappen) lost traction while navigating Turn 14 and therefore had to defend his position on track against Car 16 (Leclerc).

“Car 16 proceeded to move to overtake Car 1 on the start finish straight. Both cars were moving slightly towards each other in the middle of the track and a minor collision occurred as a result.

“Both drivers were of the view that this was an avoidable collision and could potentially have resulted in a major crash but neither driver was wholly or predominantly to blame. In the circumstances, we took no further action.”