Max Verstappen had a fuss with Sergio Perez last weekend during the Portuguese Grand Prix. In the first lap the drivers had a touché, for which no one was penalized. Michael Masi explains why not.
In the first lap of a Grand Prix it is sometimes a bit of pushing and pulling to secure your spot. This was also the case with Verstappen and Perez, causing the latter to make a small spin. The stewards looked at the incident, but decided that ‘no further action’ would be the right decision for this mishap. Racing Point team principal Otmar Szafnauer strongly disagreed with this and thought the Dutch driver deserved a penalty. Michael Masi, the F1 race director, however, protects the stewards and defends the decision.
“Of course incidents in the first round are handled a little more generously, and that was the case this time,” Masi explains. Formula 1. So if the touché happened a bit later in the race, it would probably have ended a little differently for one of the drivers. The Australian race director is therefore firmly behind the decision that the stewards made on Sunday afternoon.
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Perez had a rough weekend, in which he received no less than two reprimands. Szafnauer also found this ridiculous, since the Mexican has never been reprimanded in his entire career. From now on it is therefore necessary to be careful, because with a third scolding Perez will receive a grid penalty of ten places. The 30-year-old will therefore not have had a positive feeling from the weekend in Portugal. He believed that he gave Verstappen enough space on the first lap, while the Dutchman felt that the Racing Point driver has ruined his own race.
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