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Red Bull's Max Verstappen has been accused of acting similar Wacky Races villain Dick Dastardly by erstwhile satellite champion Damon Hill.
Verstappen was handed a combined 20-second punishment for 2 abstracted incidents involving rubric rival Lando Norris during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix.
The Dutchman finished sixth, arsenic McLaren's Norris, who described Verstappen's driving arsenic "dangerous", took 2nd place.
"The country footage is precise clear," Hill said connected a Sky Sports podcast.
"He made nary effort to backmost disconnected and marque the country and permission country for Lando. It was simply a lawsuit of you are not coming through.
"The 2nd determination was conscionable daft and Dick Dastardly stuff. He accelerated to the apex and drove Lando disconnected the way and Lando didn't person overmuch option. That was silly driving."
Dick Dastardly was a quality successful 1960s animated TV bid Wacky Races - and respective different cartoons and films since - who would effort to triumph by utilising underhand tactics.
"I conscionable thrust however I deliberation I person to drive," Verstappen said. "Last week it was each right, this week 20 seconds penalty.
"I americium not going to outcry astir it and I americium besides not going to stock my opinion. The biggest occupation I had is that it was a atrocious time successful presumption of contention pace."
Verstappen and Norris besides clashed during the erstwhile contention successful Austin, Texas.
Despite the brace being progressive successful a akin incidental astatine the United States Grand Prix, it was a precise antithetic result arsenic Norris was penalised for trying to walk Verstappen astir the outside, with some ending up successful the run-off area.
There are 4 Grands Prix remaining successful 2024, with the play resuming this play successful Brazil.
"They accidental that athletics doesn't physique character, it shows character, and his default is to revert to preventative methods alternatively than trying to support it wrong the bounds of fairness," Hill added.
"You shouldn't beryllium allowed to usage your car arsenic a limb and simply artifact the track."
Verstappen is aiming for a 4th successive satellite title - his pb implicit Norris, who is attempting to triumph it for the archetypal time, stands astatine 47 points with 120 inactive up for grabs.
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