Verstappen critical after after unsafe release incident: 'Very sloppy'

Verstappen was penalised after the Red Bull crew released him unsafely. The Dutchman could not do anything to avoid contact with Kimi Antonelli when he left his pit box after switching from intermediates to slicks.

"I think it's pretty clear what happened. I can't make much more of it. The pit stop light goes off and I can't see if a car is coming. So yes, very sloppy," he told Viaplay.

In terms of what happened beforehand, Verstappen pointed out it was a rather uneventful Sprint for him. "To be honest, it wasn't very special. I couldn't keep up with the McLarens, but I was pulling away from the Mercedes behind me."

"It wasn't very interesting for me. I just drove it home," the driver who recently became a father concluded..

Due to the time penalty, Verstappen finished in P17, because the grid the crossed the finish line behind the safety car.