Max Verstappen penalized in an Esport competition

Once again crowned world champion in Formula 1 at the end of the 2024 season, Max Verstappen is enjoying his fourth consecutive title and is currently resting, before starting the 2025 season in a few weeks. While he is now on vacation, the Dutchman is taking advantage of his free time and recently participated in the Daytona IMSA Global Esports. With his Verstappen.Com Racing team, the four-time world champion drove an Acura. Except that he had a mishap during his participation, being penalized with a drive-through penalty after causing a collision on the first lap of the race.

Verstappen admits his mistake

The Red Bull driver attempted an overtake on the inside of the first corner, but crashed into the championship-leading Williams-BMW team's car. The two cars, affected, were however able to resume the race but Verstappen was penalized. And the Dutchman admitted his mistake after the race, making his mea culpa and taking the penalty. “I just locked the rears a little and in this car it's very difficult to control that, so I just swerved. There was also the other car that I couldn't avoid, so I was unlucky. It's my mistake. Both cars were damaged, so the first stint was quite difficult. Then, we boxed (return to the pits), to take care of the car [elle était] almost completely repaired, so the rhythm was almost back. I tried to overtake a driver from the back of the track, I think a GTD car, and he didn't keep his line. I think he just wanted to get out of my way, to be honest, a bit of miscommunication and I had damage again in all three laps of the relay” said Verstappen, as his team came 12th in the race.

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