Nicholas Latifi has been given a five-place grid penalty for the next race after the stewards held him responsible for a collision with Zhou Guanyu.
The pair tangled at turn five on lap six while fighting over 18th place. The stewards ruled Zhou was entitled to be left space by Latifi, but the Williams driver caused contact between them.
“The stewards reviewed the video evidence and determined that Latifi was predominantly to blame for the collision,” they noted. “Zhou was attempting to overtake Latifi on a straight approaching turn five and had sufficient room, taking the normal racing line.
“Latifi pulled to the left, not leaving one car width to Zhou and resulting in significant contact between the cars.”
Both drivers retired as a result of the collision. Latifi’s five-place penalty will be applied at next weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.
The stewards also applied two penalty points to Latifi’s licence. It puts him on a total of three for the current 12-month period.
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