Hope for Verstappen: Chance to avoid penalty due to technicality

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23:11, 20 Nov 2021

Max Verstappen is facing a grid penalty after the stewards decided to penalise him for ignoring a double yellow flag. However, there may be mitigating circumstances, Red Bull Racing's Senior Systems Engineer explained on Twitter.

Mitigating circumstances for Verstappen

The engineer shared an image showing a section of the regulations surrounding yellow flag situations and the following accompanying text: "Have some hope Max fans, we could get away with this on a technicality."

The regulations state that the marshalls are responsible for giving signals, but that in the evening this can be replaced by lights and reflective panels. Red Bull Racing can use this as an argument in an attempt to get Verstappen off the hook.

Onboard footage of the Dutchman showed that the signal did not appear on his dashboard or on the panel next to the track. A marshall did wave double yellow flags, but it could certainly be seen as mitigating circumstances.

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

Hope for Verstappen: Chance to avoid penalty due to technicality

Mitigating circumstances for Verstappen

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