Jolyon Palmer spoke of his shock that Charles Leclerc avoided punishment for his clash with Pierre Gasly on the first lap of the Styrian Grand Prix.

The pair came out of Turn 1 and Leclerc moved to tuck in behind the AlphaTauri, but clipped his front wing off Gasly’s left-rear tyre in doing so, which caused a puncture that ultimately ended the Frenchman’s race.

With grid penalties having been dished out for Valtteri Bottas and Yuki Tsunoda earlier in the weekend, former Renault driver Palmer feels the FIA could have taken a dimmer view of Leclerc’s action on the first lap.

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