Pierre Gasly earned ten penalty points and was in a very difficult situation – if he scores twelve, the rider will be disqualified for one stage and Pierre’s next points will not burn until May 2023 after the seventh stage of the season in Imola.
Gasly earned all his penalties as part of AlphaTauri and Pierre is already in danger of missing the race at the wheel of an Alpine. Enstone sports director Otmar Safnauer calls for a review of the penalty system, an increase in the number of penalty points, after which the rider will be disqualified.
“Perhaps we will discuss this topic with the FIA to see if it can be changed,” Racingnews365 quoted Otmar Safnauer as saying. – The logic is as follows: 12 penalty points were introduced at a time when there were fewer races in the season, and we didn’t have any sprints where you can also score penalty points.
If we increase the number of penalties in relation to the number of races, then today their number for disqualification should be increased to 14 or 15. It seems logical to me.
It’s one thing to earn 12 penalties in 22 races and three sprints, but to get 18 or 20 when the rule was made is quite another. If nothing changes, the rider will have to ride more carefully, which I would hate to do.”
Source: F1 News
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