Sky analysts point at Verstappen: 'With that move Norris would have won the race'

Sky analysts lay blame on Verstappen

According to Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle, the clash between the two was inevitable, given the mounting frustrations on both sides as Norris made several overtaking attempts. "That was going to happen at some point. They were getting so aggressive with each other," said the former Formula One driver, who is convinced the incident was mainly down to Verstappen.

"Max veered left towards him; he squeezed him out. Max will have to take the blame for that one, in my view. That was sort of Max reverting to early years Max, getting the razor blades on his elbows into the braking zones. I don't know how those plane journeys, dinners and gaming is going to go between Verstappen and Norris now. That's taken a turn, hasn't it?"

Anthony Davidson endorses Brundle's words and argues that Norris would have won the race had the two not come into contact. "For me, this was the move that was going to win Lando the race as he had forced his opponent off line, properly off line. He was on the proper racing line, he was behind on the DRS detection to then slingshot to be back on the inside of the exit and challenge down to Turn Four. If you move to the inside, you have to give a full Formula 1 car's width to the white line at the edge of the track. There's not a car's width," judged the former F1 driver.

This article was written in collaboration with Olly Darcy