Meanwhile, Verstappen remained silent.
[Although Verstappen is described as a ruthless racing machine, a ruthless racing machine is ultimately just a metaphor. Verstappen is human too, and he has moments of significant mistakes.
Right?
Besides, Verstappen was ahead of Hamilton when entering the corner, he had track position!]
This served as an excuse from Red Bull in the face of FIA's inquiry and Mercedes' fury.
Of course, though they said so, Red Bull was anxious as well. They could only try to help Verstappen get a lighter penalty from FIA for that overtaking maneuver.
But putting aside positions and looking from a purely spectator's perspective, Verstappen's defense was indeed a bit dirty this time.
Shortly after Hamilton's attack failed, he found himself 1.5 seconds behind Verstappen.
Now Mercedes was attacking on two fronts: having Hamilton chase Verstappen while applying pressure on Red Bull with the FIA.
