'There were two infringements behind the Safety Car, so it can twice be a penalty...' F1
Ferrari believe Sergio Perez should have been penalised ‘twice’Mattia Binotto believes Sergio Perez deserved two penalties at the Singapore Grand Prix having “twice” not kept to within 10 car lengths behind the Safety Car.But his win came under threat, the Red Bull driver facing a stewards’ investigation into an alleged breach of Article 55.10 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations, which pertains to keeping within 10 car lengths of the Safety Car.
Binotto says there were actually “two infringements” because during both Safety Car periods in the race Perez fell back by more than 10 car lengths. “There were two infringements behind the Safety Car, so it can twice be a penalty. But we can only trust on what they decide,” the Ferrari team boss told Sky Sports.“If I look at similar cases, like Giovinazzi in 2019, the driver was punished with five seconds and I believe the sporting regulations impose a penalty of five seconds, 10 or a drive-through.”
At the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix, Antonio Giovinazzi was given a 10-second penalty for failing to follow the race director’s instructions and causing an unsafe situation when he drove too close to a crane behind the Safety Car.