Sergio Perez’s penalty
At the 53rd of the 70 laps scheduled at the Canadian Grand Prix, Sergio Perez he hit the barriers at Turn 6 heavily, significantly damaging his car. The experienced Spanish driver then managed to return to the track at reduced speed, with the aim of bring the car back to the pits. Along the way, however, the RB20 lost several carbon fiber debris along the trackbefore returning to the pitlane and collecting the car.
The episode came under the magnifying glass of the Race Commissionerswho decided to sanction the pilot with 3 positions on the starting grid of the next grand prix and the team with 25 thousand euro fine for them security implications who had the maneuver of Perez.
Red Bull admits fraud, but Marko does not
In the Federation’s press release, the Red Bull team’s position was certainly unusual: “The team admitted to having advised the driver to return the car to the pits in attempt to avoid the entry of the Safety Car”. In short, the team tried to preserve Verstappen’s victory, at the cost of creating a potentially dangerous situation on the track and then receiving a penalty.
Helmut Marko However, he must not have read the FIA document carefully and he must not even have spoken carefully with the other team members, given that he thus commented on the penalty given to Perez oe24: “We’ll get over it. From the camera shots, From the pits it wasn’t clear how damaged Checo’s car really was. At that moment we just wanted him to stay in the race, because everything was possible in that grand prix“. In short, a further clue as to how much Marko is now cut off from the decision-making processes underway in the Red Bull team.
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