MEXICO CITY -- Kimi Raikkonen sympathises with Max Verstappen for the penalty he received after their last-lap U.S. Grand Prix battle, but has one message for the Dutchman: Accept it and move on.
Verstappen caught and passed Raikkonen in the final moments in Austin, only for the stewards to hand him a five-second penalty for going off the track to make the move stick. The meant Verstappen lost the third place he appeared to have wrestled from the Ferrari driver, something he was only told as he waited to take his place on the podium.
The penalty infuriated the Raikkonen says he knows how it feels to be on the receiving end of a questionable call but does not think there's much point in Verstappen or anyone else dwelling on it.