As Max Verstappen has just crashed his car on the straight and while we are under a safety car regime, Latifi continued to drive on the track instead of going to the pits to allow the track marshals to remove Verstappen’s Red Bull safely.<\/p>\n
The instruction given by his engineer was clear “Stay outside, stay outside”. Pilot William followed it but it was the wrong decision that was being communicated to him.<\/p>\n
Due to the non-compliance with Articles 39.11, 39.5, and 39.8 of the FIA sporting regulations, the stewards had imposed a 10-second penalty to be served at the Canadian driver’s pit stop.<\/p>\n
The standard penalty is a passage through the pit lane. Latifi also overtook drivers who were entering the pit lane, so he receives a stronger penalty.<\/p>\n
Finally, since the driver did not apply the penalty due to the low number of laps remaining after the last red flag, this penalty was turned into a 30-second addition to his time at the finish line.<\/p>\n
The Williams driver finishes last in this Grand Prix which saw the retirement of his teammate a few laps earlier, as well as Verstappen, Stroll, and Ocon.<\/p>\n
The Canadian driver also loses 3 points on his pilot’s license. He now has only 8 left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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