Pierre Gasly rapidly questioned why Lando Norris didn’t obtain a penalty after the Method 1 Singapore Dash Race.
Within the last lap of the Dash Race, Norris dove down the within of his teammate, Oscar Piastri. With no area left within the nook, the duo collided, and each drivers spun and plummeted down the order.
Norris crossed the road simply throughout the factors however was beneath risk of a possible penalty. Nonetheless, as qualifying bought underway, Norris was given no additional motion for the incident.
Gasly was annoyed after qualifying when questioned in regards to the penalty, which, if utilized, would’ve seen him declare some extent.
“I’d have scored some extent if Lando had been penalised!” he joked. “You shouldn’t actually crash into your teammate, however yeah, I imply, I’m not going to go down that route! I don’t know; we’ve bought stewards for that, and yeah, they made up their minds: regardless of the ref says, the ref is correct.”
When requested whether or not he agreed with the FIA’s determination, he pointed to a possible discrepancy in penalty consistency.
Typically, with inter-team collisions, penalties aren’t utilized or are averted as a result of the staff doesn’t petition the FIA, accepting the harm and never wanting additional motion. Nonetheless, Gasly identified that that hasn’t been the case in current weekends.
“Nicely, I imply, Lindblad [and] Lawson in Baku… sadly, Franco bought a extremely harsh one from Baku, however yeah, it’s one other two collisions between teammates, and there’s no additional investigation.”
These collisions probably led to additional motion as different automobiles had been concerned within the incidents. However the Frenchman marked it as one thing to carry up sooner or later.”
“So, yeah, I’m certain we’ll talk about that with the stewards.”
Gasly will get one other likelihood at pole in tomorrow’s fundamental race. The Frenchman certified eighth, placing him in a robust place to choose up factors within the race.
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