In the wake of Max Verstappen's shoving episode with Esteban Ocon, Red Bull chief has again come out in defence of drivers pointing out the fact that they are human beings with passions and emotions.
Tempers flared after the Brazilian Grand Prix, earlier Ocon had punted Verstappen out of the lead when being lapped triggered some harmless argy-bargy in the drivers' weigh-in area. As a result Dutchman has been handed a 'community service' fine, whatever that means...
Reflecting on the widely reported incident, Horner said, “Drivers aren’t robots at the end of the day, nor should they be. We see in other sports that there is interaction between players and it’s down to the referee obviously to step in and manage that."
“I don’t think it got out of hand. I don’t know what words were exchanged between the two of them and while violence in any way shape or form shouldn’t be condoned, emotions run high and occasionally boil over."
Horner: I don’t think there’s an outbreak of violence because of those incidents
“There’s a lot of history between those two drivers which goes right back to karting and what we don’t know is what words were exchanged between them, how he was antagonized."
“You have to also understand emotions — you just have had a backmarker take a grand prix victory away from you, it’s inevitable that they’re running high,” added Horner.
Charlie Whiting has also taken a laissez-faire attitude to the incident, “Let’s be realistic, it’s happened a number of times in the past, we all know that. In terms of the actual incident, it didn’t look that serious, but any physical contact I don’t think can be condoned."
“[Sebastian Vettel] lost his cool a little bit, and paid the price for it … It’s just the way it goes. I don’t think they’re at all linked, I don’t think there’s an ‘outbreak of violence’ because of those incidents.”
https://www.grandprix247.com/2018/11/11/video-verstappen-and-ocon-in-shoving-match/
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