Verstappen one point away from race ban The stewards have given their explanation for Max Verstappen’s collision with George Russell and have given the Red Bull driver two penalty points which takes him up to 11 points. If you collect 12 points over a 12-month period then you are given a race ban. Verstappen will lose two points at the end of this month at the Austrian Grand Prix. The stewards said: "From the radio communications, it was clear that the driver of Car 1 was asked by his team to ‘give the position back’ to Car 63 for what they perceived to be an earlier breach by Car 1 for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage (in fact, we had later determined that we would take no further action in relation to that incident). "The driver of Car 1 was clearly unhappy with his team’s request to give the position back. At the approach to Turn 5, Car 1 significantly reduced its speed thereby appearing to allow Car 63 to overtake. “However, after Car 63 got ahead of Car 1 at the entry of Turn 5, Car 1 suddenly accelerated and collided with Car 63. The collision was undoubtedly caused by the actions of Car 1. We therefore imposed a 10 second time penalty on Car 1.”