Pierre Gasly is in danger of collecting a one-race ban after being penalised for the third race in a row in the Mexican Grand Prix.
The AlphaTauri driver was given a five-second time penalty for forcing Lance Stroll off the track while overtaking the Aston Martin driver for 15th place on lap 13. He was also given one penalty point on his licence.
Any driver who reaches a total of 12 penalty points within a 12-month period receives an automatic ban. Points remain on a driver’s licence for 12 months, so Gasly will not have any penalty points deducted until May 22nd, 2023.
He will therefore have to start nine races with at least 10 points on his licence. That will run into the start of the 2023 F1 season, when he moves to Alpine.
Gasly criticised the stewards’ decision to penalise him for failing to stay within 10 car lengths of the Safety Car in Austin, claiming other drivers committed the same infringement.
“If you arrive at 200kph, hit the brake down to 60kph at the same time that the guy in front of you is hitting the throttle flat-out and pulls a gap straight away of 150, 200x metres,” he said.
“At the end of the day, there are some rules. I didn’t respect the rule. Was I the only one? I don’t think so. But at the end of the day you have the rules, I didn’t respect it and I’ll just make sure that I don’t make this mistake again.”
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2022 Mexican Grand Prix
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