Having investigated the first-lap incident between Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly, the stewards determined to not hand out a penalty, claiming that neither of them was “wholly or predominantly guilty”.
There was a first-lap drama on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as former group mates Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda collided on the opening lap, with the incident prompting the Security Automobile to come back out as each hit the wall.
Whereas Gasly was out of the working within the Alpine, Tsunoda managed to limp again to the pits however discovered himself in the back of the sphere. Nonetheless, Pink Bull mechanics investigated the again finish of Tsunoda’s RB21, and got here to the conclusion that the Japanese driver have to retire from the race because of the harm.
The stewards investigated the incident between the Alpine and the Pink Bull driver, and determined in opposition to handing out a penalty as “no get together [was] wholly or predominantly guilty.”
The stewards famous: “The Stewards heard from the motive force of Automobile 22 (Yuki Tsunoda), the motive force of Automobile 10 (Pierre Gasly), group representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system knowledge, video, timing, telemetry and in-car video proof and decided that this was a primary lap racing incident.
“Automobile 22 and Automobile 10 have been battling for monitor place on the primary lap. They navigated 4 corners with out incident however collided on Flip 5. Each events agreed that this was a lap one incident with no get together wholly or predominantly guilty. Though we thought of whether or not this was correctly a lap one incident or actually an incident between two vehicles (and no others) on lap one.
“Finally, given the slender monitor and the truth that Automobile 55 was simply in entrance of Automobile 22, led us to agree with the evaluation of each drivers that this must be handled as a lap one incident with no additional motion,” the stewards concluded.
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