Charles Leclerc informed his staff to report Max Verstappen for failing to decelerate sufficiently in response to yellow flags on the finish of the Mexican Grand Prix.
The incident occured because the pair fought over second place within the last laps of the race.
Verstappen was closing on Leclerc when the pair have been warned to decelerate as a result of double waved yellow flags at flip 13 within the stadium part on the finish of the lap. Nonetheless Leclerc mentioned his rival didn’t again off sufficiently for the warning.
“Max, that’s an excessive amount of,” Leclerc informed his race engineer Bryan Bozzi on the radio. “That’s a penalty he’ll take, for positive.”
The detection level for the DRS zones on the principle straight and following straight is positioned quickly after flip 13, at flip 15. Nonetheless Verstappen didn’t shut sufficiently on Leclerc to overhaul him.
Nonetheless the Ferrari driver remained involved about how a lot time Verstappen had gained. “It’s essential report that,” Leclerc repeated because the drivers started their penultimate lap.
Verstappen was unable to assault Leclerc on the principle straight when the ultimate lap started because the Digital Security Automotive was deployed. The Pink Bull driver complained concerning the determination to deploy the VSC in response to Carlos Sainz Jnr’s automotive stopping within the stadium.
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“The automotive is totally secure there, we by no means get there,” he informed race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase. The FIA mentioned after the race it deployed the VSC as a result of a threat of fireside on Sainz’s automotive.
Pink Bull have beforehand accused different rivals of not respecting yellow flags. In Miami they protested the results of the race, claiming George Russell had not slowed sufficiently in response to yellow flags, however the stewards dismissed their declare. Nonetheless Lando Norris was penalised for not lowering his velocity in response to yellow flags throughout final 12 months’s Qatar Grand Prix following a grievance from Verstappen.
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