Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly believes that the penalty Sebastian Vettel received on Friday afternoon was a bit too severe. The German was found guilty of speeding during a red flag period that was deployed following Charles Leclerc’s trip through the gravel.
Leclerc brought gravel back onto the racing line on the exit of Turn 10. Video evidence showed that Vettel slowed down significantly in the esses section on the approach to the section of track the where the stones were sitting on the surface.
For the 2019 season, F1’s sporting regulations were modified to make sure drivers stayed above a minimum time at least once in each marshalling sector (regular intervals on the track denoted by FIA light panels).