Quote Originally Posted by Bagwan View Post
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However , when the position gained is one on the podium , and one with so much weight in the championship , and , in particular , on the last lap , one needs to take extra care in deciding who was in the right ....
I think this is the reason for the penalty. If the incident would have occurred earlier in the race Verstappen may have gotten away with it, or at worst, been forced to relinquish the position back to Kimi. But this was not possible on the last lap, with only a couple of corners to go.