The penalty took his number of points over a 12-month period to 11, with 12 incurring a one-race ban. Such a punishment has only been handed out once in the history of F1, with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen missing the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last season after he hit the 12-point threshold.

Verstappen was handed a 10-second time penalty and three penalty points for driving into Mercedes' George Russell in the final stages of the Spanish Grand Prix, which brings his total over the past 12 months up to 11, with 12 leading to an automatic one race ban. Only after the Austria race will he start losing points again to diminish that threat.

The Dutchman struck a feisty tone about his approach to F1 driving in this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix despite chance of a suspension