On the again of a number of controversial overtaking strikes within the Austin F1 Dash and the at the US Grand Prix, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has defended the FIA, claiming that it’s not possible to give you a rulebook that covers all of the eventualities.
Having began from P2 on the grid, Max Verstappen took an aggressive method at the beginning, barely forcing his championship rival Lando Norris huge at Flip 1, which allowed Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by.
The Dutchman held on to second after the first-corner melee, however he then misplaced out to Carlos Sainz within the pit stops, who elected to pit sooner than his direct rivals.
The closing phases of the race noticed Norris shut in on Verstappen, who began to battle on his getting older tyres. Regardless of being on six laps older tyres, the reigning champion defended beautifully for lap after lap to maintain his rival at bay. Nevertheless, Norris ultimately make it by, overtaking his rival within the run-off zone at Flip 12 for which he was later handed a five-second penalty.
Commenting on the controversial overtaking strikes, Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz famous: “I believe some issues are. Others are nonetheless a bit blurry to me, let’s put it like that.
“I believe there was an instance yesterday with Oscar’s overtake. That for me was utterly fantastic and similar to something that we have finished between one another on the dash. And I felt just like the penalty on Oscar yesterday was actually, actually harsh and did not go together with some pointers that I believed have been the best way they have been.
“So yeah, that penalty shocked me yesterday. About at this time, I’ve no clue as a result of I have never seen, I have never gone 5 seconds by 5 seconds penalty to see. So let’s examine.
Requested to touch upon the penalties, eight-time F1 race winner Charles Leclerc mentioned: “I agree with Carlos on Oscar’s penalty yesterday. I additionally thought it was a bit too harsh.
“Nevertheless, on the foundations, I believe they’re clear. Generally the interpretation of the rule is usually a little bit completely different as a result of it will likely be not possible to have a rule ebook that takes each single state of affairs. Each state of affairs is completely different, has its particularity, and you have to analyse it otherwise and interpret the foundations in some methods for explicit eventualities, which is what the FIA is making an attempt to do finest.
“Nevertheless, typically we disagree, and I believe on the one among yesterday, it is one thing that we’ll most likely discuss of within the subsequent driver briefing,” he commented.
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