Johnny Herbert has hit back in a brewin🐠g disagreement with Jos Versta꧃ppen over stewarding.

Former F1 driver Herbert was part of the four-person stewards panel in the United States and Mexico who dished out penalties to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, over his clashes with title rival Lando Norris.

Herbert then claimed: “Those penalties in Mexico won’t stop Max Verstappen from pushing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris off the track in the future.”

Verstappen’s father hit out: "I think 🐼a steward shouldn't talk to the press at all and just deliver work all the time🐓.”

Now Herbert has def✨ended his right to air an opiniꦚon.

He said to : “As ✤I have always said, I am Johnny Herbert the steward and the professional during a🐎 race weekend and Johnny Herbert a pundit at other times who expresses what he thinks.

“When I am a ♒steward, I do not express any opini💞ons.

“Everyone has an opinion. Martin Brundle haജs an opinion. Why can’t💙 I when I am not at the racetrack?

“The racetrack has been my world for 50 years. If I don’t quite agree with wh༒at I see on the racetrack I will say so.

“It is not just Max. I’ll criticise anyone if I feel it is war𒐪ranted.  

“I understand it from Jos’s point of view because it is his son. Is there ꦿany bias? No, of course not.

“I wasn’t the only one to think that Max was over the top in Me♔xico. Lando No𝓡rris and Zak Brown thought so too.

“When I do🌟 speak to people on a Monday or Tuesday that is ou🍌tside my stewarding responsibilities.

“Jos has always been very outspoken ab🐻out what is happening at Red Bull.

“Is that his position t🥂o be? It is all very similar. If you have an opinion and you want to make it, then you can.”

Verstappen arriv🌟ed at last weekend’s F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix with his aggressive driving style under scrutiny due to the penalties incurred at the🌃 previous two races.

But he batted off critics, then delivered a masterful w🍌in in Brazil from 17th on tဣhe grid in wet conditions.

He opened a 62-point lead from ღNorris in the drivers’ standings with three rounds left.