Rosberg vehemently disagrees with Stewards over harsh Monza penalty
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Oliver Bearman was found to be at fault by the Stewards over the crash he and Carlos Sainz were involved in at Monza, however, former F1 champion and even Williams development driver Jamie Chadwick disagreed with the race officials' decision.
Bearman started P11 with Sainz behind him in P13. As both the Haas driver and the Williams driver found each other on track battling for position chaos ensued.
Sainz went for a move around the outside of Bearman who stuck to his guns on the inside line, as they both attempted to negotiate their way around the tight second chicane, the Spaniard's left rear made contact with the British rookie's right front, sending them both into a spin.
Whilst Bearman was handed a post-race 10-second time penalty, Sainz's Williams incurred in performance-mitigating damage, leaving them both putside of the point-scoring places.
After the race, Bearman stated he had not watched the replay of the action on account of being emotional still in the aftermath of the incident. Whereas Sainz took a slight dig at the race officials for at last not being found the culprit of a collision, in clear reference to his Zandvoort penalty.
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Rosberg: Sainz had no reason to leave no space
Speaking on Sky Sports F1 broadcast of the Italian Grand Prix, Rosberg and Chadwick discussed the incident. For the German former F1 champion turne4d analyst, it was not so clear-cut that Bearman was to blame.
“So, Oliver Bearman has a half a car’s length in there," he said. "Half a car’s length! It’s not like, yeah, it’s just a front wing in there or something. That’s a significant amount of car in there.
“Why doesn’t Carlos Sainz just leave a bit of space? Like, give me a reason. He’s in there, so leave some space, and then nothing happens and it’s all good.”
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Chadwick: It should not have been a penalty for Bearman
Williams development driver, Chadwick, who's recently taken on an F1 analyst role, also found Bearman to be undeserving of the post-race 10-second time penalty he was given by the Stewards.
“It shouldn’t have been a 10-second penalty for Ollie Bearman at all, to be honest,” Chadwick opined. “Because, I don’t know where he’s meant to go.
“I think the incident could have been avoided. I think for both of them. In that instance, I think Carlos probably could have given a bit more room,” she concluded.
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