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Christian Horner says that penalty was too harsh about Pierre Gasly

Christian Horner says "that penalty was too harsh" about Pierre Gasly

05-05-2019 08:39
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Christian Horner has said that he has the support of the other teams on the grid about re-visiting the rule book. During the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Pierre Gasly's weekend was effectively ruined after he picked up multiple penalties before the race even started. 

“I think everybody agreed in a meeting we had [on Saturday] with [F1 motorsport director] Ross Brawn and all of the teams that penalties on Friday that affect the rest of the weekend need a bit of a revisit," Horner said to RaceFans. 

“I think that penalty was too harsh for the crime that was committed. If he’d been 50 kilos underweight the penalty would have only been the same.”

“Obviously the driver’s the one that’s seeing the light. Usually, there is also a reminder. But we were focused on doing a double pit stop.

“He’d been told to push to practice the pit lane entry which is a bit different here, he had a snap of oversteer on the way in, he’s missed the lights, the team’s focused on the first pit stop as a double pit stop for [Max Verstappen]. So it was just one of those things.”

It will be interesting to see if there are any rule changes made after the problems that arose during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.