Charles Leclerc was punted into the barrier and out of the Dutch Grand Prix when Kimi Antonelli tried an overly-ambitious overtaken on the Ferrari at Zandvoort
The stewards have confirmed the punishment handed to Kimi Antonelli after he brought about Charles Leclerc to crash out of the Dutch Grand Prix. {The teenager} tried to overhaul the Ferrari with an formidable transfer up the within however misjudged it and ended up hitting the rear-left wheel of Leclerc’s automobile.
That contact despatched the Ferrari right into a spin earlier than it hit the barrier so laborious your entire nostril part of the automobile was ripped away. The tyre on that rear-left wheel was additionally pulled from the automobile and Leclerc’s race was over, having been nothing greater than a passenger unable to forestall what occurred.
It was clear instantly that it had been Antonelli’s fault. And it didn’t take the stewards lengthy at hand down a 10-second time penalty to the Mercedes driver for inflicting the collision.
That punishment was introduced in the course of the race however, afterwards, it was confirmed that Antonelli has additionally had two penalty factors added to his racing licence. He now has 4 for the present 12-month interval, that means he’s in no speedy hazard of racking up the 12 he would want to incur a race ban.
“Automobile 12 [Antonelli] was trying an overtake on the within of Automobile 16 [Leclerc] at flip three and understeered into the aspect of Automobile 16. This resulted in important harm to Automobile 16 and its retirement,” the stewards wrote within the official choice doc.
“It’s clear that Automobile 12 was wholly and predominantly responsible for the collision. We accordingly imposed a 10-second time penalty on Automobile 12.”
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Antonelli additionally picked up an additional five-second penalty when caught dashing within the pit lane in the course of the race. He crossed the end line sixth on the street, however was dropped to sixteenth within the last classification when these penalties had been utilized, that means one other pointless end result for the rookie who has struggled because the begin of the European season.
After the crash, Leclerc reported that he was okay over the radio earlier than clambering out of his Ferrari and making his strategy to the highest of a sand dune, the place he sat down and took in the remainder of the race from the followers’ perspective.
The Monegasque finally made his was again to the pit lane to debrief along with his Ferrari engineers and to fulfil his media duties. And, when doing so, he made a degree of not being too harsh on Antonelli, clearly taking into consideration the younger Italian’s rookie standing and troublesome run of outcomes.
Leclerc stated: “Kimi’s incident is the best way it’s. I feel errors occur on a monitor like this, you have to be incisive and aggressive to make a go, and that is what I’ve achieved as nicely towards George. That is what Kimi tried to do on myself, however I feel he in all probability misjudged it and type of ruined my race. It is a disgrace, but it surely’s the best way it’s.”
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