F1 News: FIA Chastised After Confirming Max Verstappen Reprimand - "Absolute Joke"
The FIA has come under fire after it was published that Max Verstappen has been let off with reprimands for three individual cases of potential impeding during the Singapore Grand Prix qualifying session.
Verstappen was summoned to the Stewards after Qualifying for potentially impeding Yuki Tsunoda and Logan Sargeant as well as for waiting too long at the pit exit impeding the cars behind him.
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It was anticipated that Verstappen would receive some grid penalties for these infringements. However, the Stewards declared there would be no further action for the alleged impeding of Logan Sargeant, Verstappen received a reprimand for the pit lane exit blunder, and a reprimand for impeding Yuki Tsunoda as well as the Red Bull team being fined €5,000.
Fans have been raging on social media after many other drivers this season have been given grid penalties for similar moves.
"FIA is an absolute joke"
"Yep. That’s disgusting. That’s unbelievable. Yuki didn’t even make it through due to Max completely blocking the racing line. This sort of stuff makes me believe those people that say RB have the FIA on their side. Unless I’m just remembering incorrectly…"
"What utter rubbish. Every other time there’s a mild case of impeding, it’s a 3 place grid penalty. With Max, they whip out reprimands. Seriously"
"RIGGED to the bone"
"The FIA love this guy. Ocon would’ve been given a 20 place penalty"
"Its actually insane the amount of things rb drivers get away with but then again who's surprised at this point."