Rain of penalties after the Chinese Grand Prix

The FIA ​​takes action. The race management commissioners decided to impose two penalties on Esteban Gutiérrez (Sauber) and Mark Webber (Red Bull), each judged responsible for having caused a collision with another pilot during the Chinese Grand Prix. The Mexican was penalized for having violently speared Adrian Sutil (Force India) by failing to brake at the end of the long straight of the Shanghai circuit, at the hairpin, which caused the abandonment of both pilots. ?I braked where I usually brake, but I didn?t anticipate the loss of downforce and the speed I had. I tried my best to stop, but I couldn't. It’s really my fault, I’m sorry to Adrian and his team”, explained the rookie afterwards who will suffer a penalty of five places on the next starting grid, next weekend in Bahrain.

Penalty places, Mark Webber will have three on the Sakhir circuit. The Australian was found responsible for the collision he had with Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) during the 15th round. “I was coming from a reasonable distance behind, Jean-Eric was very wide, but when we arrived at the corner he tightened the trajectory, which he was supposed to do, but I was already on the inside and there? incident occurred », defended the Australian, while the French declared for his side « that there was no room to go through there ».

Furthermore, Red Bull was fined 5 euros for releasing its Australian driver without properly securing his right rear wheel. “It was a complicated weekend and this incident in the race didn't help us », Commented Christian Horner, the Team Principal of the Austrian team.

Finally, the FIA ​​has clarified that there will be no action for all drivers suspected of having used their DRS under yellow flag regime at the very start of the race. Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Räikkönen and Jean-Eric Vergne were notably part of the long list listed during the debates.