Max Upbeat in Canada Despite Penalty Threat

Max Verstappen will be seeking a record fourth consecutive Canadian Grand Prix triumph this weekend, and a trouble-free race that helps him banish the threat of a suspension following his "rash" moment in Spain.

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The four-time world champion goes into the June 15 race knowing that, if he collects one more penalty point on his racing licence, he will automatically miss the Austrian Grand Prix later in June.

That, according to his great mentor, Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko, "would be a catastrophe".

"He mustn't do anything wrong over the next two weekends and, of course, he will be told not to do anything rash," the Austrian told speedweek.com.

The Dutchman, who lies third in the drivers' championship with 137 points, behind leader Oscar Piastri on 186 and his McLaren teammate Lando Norris on 176, was penalised at the Spanish Grand Prix for ramming into George Russell's Mercedes.