The news that everyone has been waiting for it has finally arrived. In fact, the FIA official press release on the decision of the stewards regarding Sergio Perez. The Mexican pilot was penalized in view of tomorrow's Sprint, but once again there are some points that leave room for debate…
The progress of qualifications
Let's go in order. During the session qualifications, held this afternoon in Austria, Max Verstappen he tore the best performance. The Dutch finished ahead of Charles Leclerc and to Carlos Sainz, immediately followed by Sergio Perez. As almost always, therefore, the first two rows are made up of Red Bull and Ferrari drivers. However, there is one peculiarity. To strongly characterize the qualifying session it was the numerous times canceled to the pilots. The reason? Not having respected the fateful ones track limits. Many timed laps were in fact eliminated immediately, thanks to the help of the sensors, but that wasn't always the case.
Perez, there is a limit to everything
In fact, during Q2, in the last attempt to be exact, Perez He was in thirteenth position. The Mexican, thanks to a good lap, managed to enter the top ten, thus accessing Q3. Before the very beginning of the last session, to decree the starting grid of the Sprint, the marshals through an official note had noticed that in turn 8, Perez went off the track and, for these reasons, they summoned him at the end of qualifying.
Change the grid
So, once Q3 was over, the Mexican went to the stewards who, following the video checks, communicated their decision in an official note: violation of article 33.3 of the Formula One sporting regulations, which involves the cancellation of all the times of Q3. Perez will start, in tomorrow's Sprint, in thirteenth position. Good news then, at home Alpha Tauri, for Pierre gasly who gains a position thus climbing to tenth position. Immediately after the French, the Williams di Albon and Valtteri's Alfa Romeo Bottas.
The only security
The question marks, in view of the Sprint and the Red Bull strategy for future, there are still many. For now though, we only have a great certainty: Perez was penalized and tomorrow, next to Sainz, he will not start there Red Bull of the number 11 but the Mercedes of George Russell.
