Ferrari expected victory in Singapore following good saturday Charles Leclerc. Later, a regular start pulling badly and the future of the race they put the 25 points in the pocket of a Checo Prez that yesterday he was tired following the race, but happier than ever. However, those from Maranello thought, just as they crossed the finish line, that winning was still possible. because the mexican was under investigation for having violated the distance with the Safety Car when I was on track.
In the end, he had a five second penalty. But already on the track, his engineers had warned him that he had to open more space with Leclerc if he did not want to risk losing the hard-fought victory. On the other side of the coin, Ferrari. Although the driver said “there was no problem” on DAZN, following the racethe boss of the Scuderia does not see it the same way.
“We think that’s the infraction, the last time it happened I think it was Giovinazzi in 2020, who was penalized with five seconds, but we are not there, we are not going to go to the meeting with the stewards, so it is difficult for us to judge”, assume prudent. “We’re just going to wait, and I wish I might change the end result today,” she says just as she ends. For that, he would have to have been penalized with ten seconds. Double penalty. And it wasn’t.
Binotto considers that there were two infractions
Binotto says there were actually “two offences” as, behind the two Safety Car periods in the race, Prez left a gap of more than ten cars. “There were two infractions behind the Safety Car, so it can be a two-time penalty. But we can only trust what they decide,” relat as collected by ‘PlanetF1’. “In both he made the same mistake, being too far from the car,” he adds.
But the Mexican ended up with a five-second penalty and a reprimand from the stewards. Overall: Win 2,595 seconds ahead of Leclerc.
And all this was decided following the race. “We regret that the decision was not taken during the race because this delay affected not only the podium but also to the management of the race itself because Charles, in an attempt to stay close to Prez, he inevitably wore out his tyres,” Binotto reflects.
“I guess the stewards want to understand from the driver and the team what prompted him to drive differently. Maybe they didn’t want to rush a decision and possibly make a mistake. That’s why they took their time,” acknowledges the team leader.
