Max Verstappen's Spanish GP penalty for hitting George Russell
On a safety-car restart at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix this Dutch driver chasing a fifth straight title steered into a rival and collected a ten-second penalty — and three licence points that left him one point from an automatic race ban.
The full story
At the Spanish Grand Prix on 1 June 2025, Max Verstappen collided with George Russell at Turn 5 following a safety-car restart. FIA stewards gave him a ten-second penalty that dropped him to tenth, plus three super-licence penalty points leaving him one short of an automatic ban. He later accepted blame.
The clues we handed out
— The rival was George Russell, and it happened at Turn 5.
— The penalty dropped him from fifth to tenth on 1 June 2025.
— He accepted the blame publicly afterwards, calling the move the wrong one.
— He won his first championship on the last lap in Abu Dhabi in 2021.
— Initials: M.V.
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ALLEGEDLY* edition No. 45. Three strikes to name Max Verstappen, with a free clue
unlocked after every miss.
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