Red Bull has received a warning from the FIA after Max Verstappen threw a towel from his cockpit during FP2 at the Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Verstappen was spotted appearing to throw a towel from the cockpit of his RB21 while moving at slow speed during Friday\u2019s second free practice session in Budapest.<\/p>\n
Red Bull warned after Max Verstappen throws out the towel<\/p>\n
Verstappen and a Red Bull team representative were required to visit the stewards at 1820 local time in Hungary over an alleged breach of\u00a0Article 34.14 c) of F1\u2019s sporting regulations, concerning cars being released in an unsafe condition.<\/p>\n
The FIA has confirmed that Red Bull has been given a warning for the incident.<\/p>\n
Go deeper: Understanding Red Bull driver Max Verstappen<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc49\u00a0Jos Verstappen: The F1 racer turned ruthless mentor behind Max Verstappen\u2019s supreme F1 talent<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0Revealed: The three rules introduced by the FIA because of Max Verstappen<\/a><\/p>\n The steward\u2019s verdict read: \u201cThe Stewards heard from the driver of Car 1 (Max Verstappen), team representative and reviewed video and in-car video evidence.<\/p>\n \u201cShortly after Car 1 was released from its garage, the driver of Car 1 was observed to have thrown a towel out of the cockpit.<\/p>\n \u201cThe driver explained that while in the garage, the face towel had slipped from his lap to the side of the seat and the team was \u201cWhen the driver realised it was there, he moved to the far right of the track and attempted to throw it as far away from the car \u201cThe Stewards determine that the towel had the potential to have become lodged in the footwell and to interfere with the driver\u2019s ability to fully control the car and that therefore the car was released in an unsafe condition.<\/p>\n \u201cThe stewards consider this case to be distinguishable from a case where a hard (and therefore potentially dangerous) object is left in the cockpit and to be less severe than such a case.<\/p>\n \u201cHence a warning to the team is imposed.\u201d<\/p>\n Verstappen endured a frustrating opening day of running in Hungary with the reigning four-time World Champion classified ninth, 0.888 seconds off the pace of Lando Norris\u2019s McLaren, in FP1.<\/p>\n He slipped to 14th in FP2 as Verstappen\u2019s deficit to Norris, once again the pacesetter, ballooned to 1.167s.<\/p>\n Verstappen was unable to contain his frustration with the lack of grip from the RB21 over team radio as the session developed.<\/p>\n Asked at one stage to pinpoint the car\u2019s main balance limitation, Verstappen told his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s front and rear, mate. It\u2019s just like driving on ice.\u201d<\/p>\n He later added:\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on. It\u2019s just undriveable. I can\u2019t get any balance.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking to media including PlanetF1.com on Thursday<\/a> in Hungary, Verstappen ended weeks of speculation surrounding his future by confirming that he will remain a Red Bull driver for the F1 2026 season.<\/p>\n
unaware that it remained in the cockpit.<\/p>\n
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