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Japanese Grand Prix: Why penalties were and were not given in key incidents

The Japanese Grand Prix involved several contentious moments, creating a busy afternoon for the race stewards.

While three time penalties were handed out, there were another two incidents which some have argued required a penalty for one of the drivers involved. Although he delegates the responsibility of in-race penalties to a team of race stewards, which alternate at every event, F1's race director Charlie Whiting used his regular post-race media briefing in Suzuka to explain the logic behind each one of them.

Max Verstappen's incidents with the Ferraris

Verstappen pushes Raikkonen wide at the chicane Red Bull driver Max Verstappen received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and not returning safely after he made contact with Kimi Raikkonen at the Japan Grand Prix.