Several team representatives demanded explanations from the administrators for the decision not to sanction the loss of any position Max Verstappen on the Singapore GP starting gridplayed last week at Marina Bay. All this, after the Dutch driver was the star of three controversial actions in the qualifying session on Saturday at Singapore. Max bothered to roll slowly Yuki Tsunoda and Logan Sargeant while they were on a flying lap in two different actions, and in addition, he braked several drivers by staying stopped in the pit lane, at the green light, without exiting and preventing other participants from entering the track.
Now, a week later, According to ‘Motorsport.com’, this issue was discussed at the meeting of the team directors. this Friday at the F1 Japanese GP. In it, the Commissioner Matteo Perini, on behalf of the FIA, admitted that after reviewing what happened and the decisions made, Verstappen should have been sanctioned places on the grid.
The Dutchman received two reprimands and the stewards decided not to act in relation to the action on Sergeant. In addition, Red Bull was fined 5,000 euros for the action with Tsunoda. Max started the race in Singapore from 11th place and managed to climb back to 5th place. If he is penalized at least 3 places, he can start 14th and his comeback will be more complicated, giving many of his rivals options to get more points.
Property Max acknowledged in his remarks after qualifying that he was disturbed Tsunoda and he thought he would receive a penalty spot. For this reason, some teams and drivers showed their lack of understanding of the stewards’ final decision.
“Maybe it’s possible. I don’t know, I’ll ask,” said the always ironic Lando Norris. Pierre Gasly recalled that he was given a “6 position” penalty in Barcelona for “minor” issues than what happened in Singapore. And Tsunoda himself called for greater punishment for actions like this when he arrived at the Japanese F1 GP this weekend.
Decisions with Max will not serve as precedent
Furthermore, after admitting that Verstappen should have been sanctioned, he emphasized to team directors that the decisions made with Max would not be considered as precedents when applying new penalties. Perini maintained it was a good decision not to penalize Max for standing still in the pit lane, as it is not specified in the regulations and something like this should be added to the written rules.
Source: La Verdad
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