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To ignore the weigh-in: Perez will start the race from the pits

Sergio Perez, a Racing Point racer, will have to start the U.S. Grand Prix race in Austin on Sunday because he did not follow the FIA ​​instructions after the second free practice. The Mexican did not stop at weighing.

Photo: Hasan Bratić

He was in Austin local time last night Sergio Perez got a bad conscience. He will have to start Sunday's race from the boxes. The leadership of the race is that severely punished pronounced due to the fact that the racer team Racing Point did not stop at weighing at FIA ombudsmen. Because after the end of the second workout, he was assigned to weigh car number 11, but Perez is light signal at the beginning of the pits overlooked. Mexican he did stand for a short time, but when he did asked the team, what to do now, they ordered him to return to the garage.

Sergio Perez was certainly disappointed after the second training session, as he will have to start Sunday's US Grand Prix race from the pits - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Mechanics they did with his race car box stop test and only then pushed the car to the scales. But v sports rules is strictly stated to be a racer punishes with the start of the boxing race if do not stop at weighing or if previously on a race car perform certain tasks. After Perez and his team spoke with race commissioners, it became clear that officials had no other choice.

The Racing Point team will have a very bad starting position on Sunday, as their best racer will have to start the race last - Photo: Hasan Bratić

V the justification is specifically stated"The commissioners watched the video evidence and spoke to the driver of car number 11 and a representative of the team. In doing so, they found that the racer did not stop for the weighing to which he was called. Instead, he drove forward and made a stop at the pits. Work was being done on the car as they lifted it and replaced all four wheels. This is a violation of Article 29.1 a.And that means, as I said, punishment the start of the boxing race.  

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