The ‘Verstappen case‘, with the refusal to accept the request for revision presented by Mercedes regarding the duel between the Dutchman and Hamilton on the 48th lap of the San Paolo Grand Prix, he continues to hold ground in the paddock. The same team of Brackley, through the mouth of Toto Wolff, had admitted to expect nothing in the evaluation of this episode. Now, however, the consideration that many make is that a ‘dangerous’ precedent has been created, especially for those who in the future will try to complete an overtaking outside, as the seven-time world champion in Brazil tried to do.
Many pilots have pointed out that other colleagues have been penalized in the past for less clear-cut and less ‘intentional’ maneuvers than Verstappen’s. In addition, it is now under observation consistency in decisions of Race Direction. Lando Norris pointed out that there have been “Scenarios in which pilots have obtained penalties for much less”. Pierre Gasly has focused attention on the fact that in the last few races there have been “Different types of penalties for similar incidents”. A concern that was also expressed by McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl.
The German manager underlined during the Losail weekend how he is with the race director Michael Masi to clarify this situation. “It will be very interesting what the drivers hear from Michael in the briefing – commented Seidl – I think that, compared to the past and a few years ago, we are definitely moving more towards ‘letting them run’. But again, even knowing how difficult it is to even judge all the different cases, what is inconsistent is for example the sentence that Lando got in Austria and what we saw last weekend. That’s why I think it’s important to clarify what each rider can and can’t do ”.
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