Gasly is just two penalty points away from an F1 racing ban following a series of incidents so far this season, and said earlier this week he found the situation ” embarrassing”.
But Gasly will be back in the marshals’ room tonight after being summoned for allegedly driving too slowly on the sighting laps to the grid before the sprint race.
Race director Niels Wittich’s notes advise drivers that they must adhere to the maximum time between the two safety car lines that was issued after practice, as is standard procedure at all races to ensure that they don’t turn too slowly.
A similar summons was given to Williams driver Nicholas Latifi at the Mexican Grand Prix two weeks ago, but he only received a warning, meaning Gasly could avoid adding to his points tally. penalty.
Gasly is not alone in facing a visit to the stewards after the sprint race at Interlagos, with three of them having been summoned for a possible breach of start procedure.
Race control noted during the sprint race a possible infringement by Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo and Zhou Guanyu, with the stewards confirming they would investigate the matter after the race.
It could leave doubts about Hamilton’s third place finish, but Mercedes’ ground engineering director Andrew Shovlin felt the scoreboard showed Hamilton had stayed well within his grid area.
Pierre Gasly, Alpha Tauri AT03
Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
“It may have to do with the positioning in the box, but we have the solution on board, and it looks like we’re very, very conservative as to where we’ve positioned it line-wise,” he said. said Shovlin on Sky Sports after qualifying.
“If it was a sensor issue, I don’t know. From the footage we’ve seen, there doesn’t seem to be any clue that we were outside of that box.
The latest incident being investigated by the stewards concerns the two Alpine drivers, Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso, who clashed twice on the opening lap of the sprint race.
Ocon and Alonso touched down at turn 4 as Ocon dived inside his teammate, only for the stewards to rule there was no further investigation needed into what happened after a first exam.
But their clash on the main straight, where Alonso got angry after losing part of his front wing when he came into contact with Ocon’s right rear tire as he lined up a pass, is the subject of investigation.
Gasly is just two penalty points away from an F1 racing ban following a series of incidents so far this season, and said earlier this week he found the situation ” embarrassing”.
But Gasly will be back in the marshals’ room tonight after being summoned for allegedly driving too slowly on the sighting laps to the grid before the sprint race.
Race director Niels Wittich’s notes advise drivers that they must adhere to the maximum time between the two safety car lines that was issued after practice, as is standard procedure at all races to ensure that they don’t turn too slowly.
A similar summons was given to Williams driver Nicholas Latifi at the Mexican Grand Prix two weeks ago, but he only received a warning, meaning Gasly could avoid adding to his points tally. penalty.
Gasly is not alone in facing a visit to the stewards after the sprint race at Interlagos, with three of them having been summoned for a possible breach of start procedure.
Race control noted during the sprint race a possible infringement by Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo and Zhou Guanyu, with the stewards confirming they would investigate the matter after the race.
It could leave doubts about Hamilton’s third place finish, but Mercedes’ ground engineering director Andrew Shovlin felt the scoreboard showed Hamilton had stayed well within his grid area.
Pierre Gasly, Alpha Tauri AT03
Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
“It may have to do with the positioning in the box, but we have the solution on board, and it looks like we’re very, very conservative as to where we’ve positioned it line-wise,” he said. said Shovlin on Sky Sports after qualifying.
“If it was a sensor issue, I don’t know. From the footage we’ve seen, there doesn’t seem to be any clue that we were outside of that box.
The latest incident being investigated by the stewards concerns the two Alpine drivers, Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso, who clashed twice on the opening lap of the sprint race.
Ocon and Alonso touched down at turn 4 as Ocon dived inside his teammate, only for the stewards to rule there was no further investigation needed into what happened after a first exam.
But their clash on the main straight, where Alonso got angry after losing part of his front wing when he came into contact with Ocon’s right rear tire as he lined up a pass, is the subject of investigation.