Nick de Vries was summoned by the stewards following his first race in the Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix and reprimanded for ‘irregular driving’.
Nick de Vries, who was called up to Williams following Alexander Albon was sidelined with appendicitis, spent most of the race defending once morest Guan Yu to score points on his debut, finishing ninth. received a checker.
Guanyu Zhou was within a second of Nick de Vries for most of the race, but was unable to mount an attack as he got caught in a two-man DRS train behind Pierre Gasly.
The time of the incident referred to by the stewards was registered at 16:15 local time during the safety car period at the end of the race.
This was due to Nick de Vries suddenly slowing behind Pierre Gasly behind the safety car. At least once per marshalling sector (a marshalling sector is defined as the section of track between each of the FIA light panels) the driver must exceed the minimum time set by the FIA ECU.
F1 stewards who interviewed Nick de Vries and Williams admitted that the driver was not fully familiar with all the systems in the car and had not been advised by the team. was condemned.
“The driver asked for advice following two laps under the safety car, saying he did not understand why the display indicated that he was in danger of falling short of the delta time.
“At the same time, he was dealing with a brake issue and was in radio contact with the team regarding this issue, so he didn’t get any advice from the team on his delta.
“So he slowed down to beat the delta time.”
“The stewards noted the fact that the driver was a ‘last minute’ replacement for the regular team driver and drove the car for the first time in FP3 of this event. We have decided to impose a reprimand penalty.”
De Vries started eighth on the grid following a series of penalties shuffled the pre-race positions, but remained at the back of the DRS train from Daniel Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris, with Guanyu Zhou slightly behind. was in
During the race, Nick de Vries was also shown the track limit black and white flag for crossing the white line three times.
After the pit stop phase, Nick de Vries was running tenth behind Pierre Gasly but didn’t have enough speed difference to attack Gasly.
This brought Guanyu Zhou, who was slightly behind, back within the one-second barrier required to join the DRS train following the pit stop.
Guanyu Zhou continued to put pressure on Nick de Vries, but when Max Verstappen showed up to lap them both, Guanyu Zhou mightn’t handle it smoothly, giving De Vries some rest. .
With the race neutralized under the safety car, Nick de Vries crossed the line in ninth to score two points, ahead of former team-mate Nicholas Latifi in the Drivers’ Championship and ahead of Williams. Scored his 6th point of the season.
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