Max Verstappen has claimed he would have been “investigated straight away” by the FIA stewards if he had not lifted for a yellow flag like Lando Norris in the Qatar Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen reacts to Lando Norris Qatar GP penalty

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

Dutch publication De Telegraaf claimed that Mr Verstappen’s complaints were believed to be referring to Johnny Herbert, the former Sky F1 television pundit, and Tim Mayer, the son of the late McLaren co-founder Teddy Mayer, who were both on the panel that decided the Red Bull driver’s punishment in Mexico.