Kick Sauber F1 Team driver Valtteri Bottas has called for Franco Colapinto to be suspended from the Monza Grand Prix and has given details of his stance against the Argentine.
The pilot of Kick Sauber F1 Team, Valtteri Bottasasked that Franco Colapinto be suspended in the Monza Grand Prix and gave details of his stance against the Argentine.
In what was the debut of Colapinto in the Formula 1the Pilarense finished in twelfth position, however, there was a detail that caught Italy’s attention and it was that the runner from Finland He called for a sanction for the Argentine.
During the formation lap, the Finnish world champion runner-up in 2019 and 2020started from nineteenth place, just behind Colapinto and, upon exiting the Parabólica curve, he reported an irregularity in the Argentine’s performance.
“The gap between the car in front and the car in front was very large, according to the rules.“, began the Sauber representative.
Your engineer on the track, Steven Petrikhe asked her “Do you think Colapinto was too slow there?”and the Finn did not hesitate to affirm it: “Yes, very slow.”
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This complaint was raised to the stewards but nothing further came of it and the Argentine was not penalised despite the attempt to apply article 44.8 on start procedures.
This point clarifies that “During the formation lap, practicing starts is prohibited and the formation must be kept as tight as possible.”
After this event, Bottas He explained the situation and confessed that his goal was to seek punishment for Colapinto: “Yeah, I just don’t know why the difference was so big. Obviously it’s his first time, but still, yeah, I’m sure he’ll learn from it.”
“I only reported it because we could gain a spot if he gets penalized. So, that’s the name of the game.”he sentenced.
Source: Ambito
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