Heart-pounding emotions on the track; tensions, controversies and complaints outside. By now this is the leitmotiv of Formula 1 in these last Grand Prix and the weekend in Jeddah, the first in the history of the Circus in Saudi Arabia, does not escape custom. After seeing a potentially fundamental pole position vanish at the end of Q3 due to the mistake of Max Verstappen, who crashed his RB16B against the wall just in view of the finish line, the Red Bull has announced that it has filed a complaint against Lewis Hamilton for the obstruction made by the Mercedes world champion during PL3 against Nikita Mazepin.
To confirm this decision was the consultant of the Milton Keynes team, Helmut Marko, who spoke immediately after the end of qualifying on the Austrian channel Servus TV. “TOWe have appealed this decision – declared the manager of Graz – in Qatar Max received five penalty positions. Here, suddenly, a yellow flag is no longer a yellow flag. There is a different interpretation. But you can’t go on like this, interpreting things in such an arbitrary way“. The FIA analyzed the episode and had decided on a reprimand against Hamilton, also fining Mercedes 25,000 euros for not correctly communicating the arrival of the Haas # 9 to its driver.
The Federation itself, providing for a similar action, had extended by half an hour, during qualifying, the timeframe for being able to lodge a complaint against that decision. The motivation expressed in the official press release refers precisely to the issuance of the sentence at the beginning of the qualifying session and is justified by giving everyone the opportunity to view the video images released in reference to the episode. Red Bull obviously jumped at this opportunity. However, it will be necessary to understand with what arguments the Austrian team will try to convince the stewards to change their assessment. The same Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, he had said he expected this move from the rival team. “Everyone is fighting on and off the track – the thought of the Mercedes boss – I don’t know what chances the commissioners have and what they have to say. But they can fight “.
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