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Steiner: "Some of the race stewards should read the rules books"
Guenther Steiner has slammed the race stewards saying they "should read the rule books" following their decision to hand Red Bull driver Pierre Gasly, a three-place grid penalty for blocking Romain Grosjean.
Gasly qualified in fifth place for the Monaco Grand Prix but the Frenchman was handed a three-place grid penalty for impeding Grosjean who qualified 13th. They both however finished in the points with Gasly finishing fifth and Grosjean in 10th.
Steiner's issue with the steward came because of an event at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean was handed the exact same set of punishments for blocking Lando Norris.
"Some of the race stewards should read the rules books," Steiner said as quoted by motorsport-total.com.
"You did not have to punish Romain, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"But the stewards believed that they would have to sentence them.
"It can not be the same punishment, in my opinion, it was two completely different situations, one having consequences, the other not."
Steiner added Gasly's incident was "dangerous" and "Even a blind man sees it!".
