Ferrari explain why Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc avoided punishment in F1 Italian GP qualifying

Ferrari F1 team principal Fred Vasseur has explained why his drivers avoided penalties despite exceeding the maximum lap time during Italian Grand Prix qualifying. 
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 15, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, Italy, Qualifying
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 15, Italian Grand Prix…

The FIA race director warned drivers ahead of qualifying that they would have to adhere to a ma𒅌ximum delta time of 1m❀41 seconds when completing their out-laps. 

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This instruction was enforced in a bid to curb traffic issues at Monza and avoid a repeat of the fa♓rcicജal scenes witnessed during qualifying for the 2019 Italian Grand Prix. 

Both 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz were investigated for driving to꧂o slowly on their outlaps in Q1 but the stewards decided to take “no further action”. 

With Leclerc and Sainz trying to avoi♊d impeding their rivals’ respective laps, the stewards ultimately deemed that neither driver had committed an offence. 

This was bacꦉked up by Ferrari chief Vasseur, who told Sky: "By regulation you are allowed to exceed if you slow down to let someone go, and that’s what 🍌happened.”

Ferrari explain why Sainz, Leclerc avoided punishment

Sky F1’s pitlane reporter Ted Kravitz explained: “There was a get out phrase, wꦛhich says unless there are exceptional circumstances, and it turnsꦑ out there were some exceptional circumstances. 

“Sainz said thatꦗ he didn’t want to impede anyone else and Charles Leclerc was letting a load of people through, so it didn’t apply to them.

“And eve🌺n if it had applied to them, and there weren’t exceptional circumstances, the worst penalty they were ever going to get was a reprimand,😼 because that’s the worst penalty that’s been handed out by the stewards for breaching a race directors’ note instruction. 

“So we shouldn’t have worried.”

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