Perez avoids sanctions in Imola F1 after incident with Leclerc

Towards the end of the second practice session at Imola there were a number of incidents due to what the regulations call “obstacles”, but the most controversial was Sergio Perez’s incident with Charles Leclerc, which involved a series of cross-overs which brought him to the attention of the FIA.

The Mexican was the first to reach the first chicane of turns two and three, but was driving slowly, and behind him the Ferrari driver was turning and was stopped by Checo. Visibly irritated, Leclerc brought it back at turn seven with a sharp turn that forced the Red Bull driver to quickly turn the wheel to avoid a collision.

Because of this, both had to go testify before the stewards of the 2024 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix along with their teams regarding what they considered to be an “alleged breach of Article 37.5 of the FIA ​​Formula 1 Sporting Regulations” by driver Red. The bull who was the judge

Finally, after hearing statements from both sides and taking into account that it was free practice, the stewards made a decision. do not impose any sanctions on Checo Perez.

This was FP2:

Here’s how the FIA’s official statement justified Perez’s ‘unauthorisation’

“The stewards listened to the driver of car 11 (Sergio Perez), the driver of car 16 (Charles Leclerc), team representatives and watched the video with them. All parties agreed, since this was a training session, that an incident occurred.” didn’t deserve the sanction.”

“Competitors are reminded that they have the right to appeal certain decisions of the stewards in accordance with Article 15 of the FIA ​​International Sporting Code and Chapter 4 of the FIA ​​Judicial and Disciplinary Rules within a specified period.” “Decisions are made independently of the FIA ​​and are based solely on the relevant rules, guidelines and evidence presented,” the department concluded.

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