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

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09:39, 05 May 2019

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.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

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