Checo Pérez was penalized for an unauthorized maneuver during the Safety Car period
The Mexican, Sergio Checo Pérez, was penalized with 10 seconds due to the incident that the Red Bull driver experienced during the first laps of the Grand Prix of Emilia Romagna, At the time the Safety Car was on the track.
Due to an accident with the Williams of the Canadian Nicholas Latifi, the organization had to remove the security interlocutory to clean the track the Autodrome Internazionalle Enzo and Dino Ferrari, which was complicated by rain. Then, during the auto safety period, Mick Schumacher crashed the Haas F1 and lost the front wing, further lengthening the car’s safety time.
Checo Pérez suffered a distraction at this time, which caused him to lose his position frent to two pilots; then the Mexican returned to the track and overtook them again. The rule states that no performances may take place during the Safety Car period, Unless the problem of the act to which it is passed is obvious — such as the Czech problem and why the others were not sanctioned.
Commissioners announced the investigation several times after the incident and it was moments later that they pointed out the 10-second penalty for Pérez.
Checo Pérez served his sentence during his chest arrest, where he changed from intermediate rain tires to medium slicks and changed the steering wheel of his car.
Checo Pérez started from second place at the Autodromo Enzo and Dino Ferrari, but at the start he lost the position in front of his teammate Max Verstappen and later a mistake caused him to lose third place to Charles Leclerc.
Perez complained on the radio that the R1616’s steering wheel was spinning on its own; losing a lot of time against the first three which he simply could not follow in the first laps of the competition, but then gradually regained time against Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari, third at the time.
The race continues in development …