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IMOLA: Change of order after the penalty for RAIKKONEN and STROLLA

Lance Stroll and Kimi Raikkonen received penalties after the race in Imola, which led to a change in the ranking of the winners of the GP race points of Emilia Romagna.

Photo: HB Press

Yesterday's exciting race VN Emilija Romanje it only ended late in the evening when the race commissioners inspected everything accident and evaluated them. In a severe collision between Russell in Bottas they did not impose a penalty, but they received it Kimi Raikkonen in Lance stroll.

Lance stroll, team racer Aston Martin, tried to overtake Pierre Gasly on the outside of the second turn in the 11th lap, but due to the wet track he was swept off the track, so he crossed the chicane. The Canadian did not return to the position and the commissioners evaluated this as after the race unauthorized acquisition advantages and young Stroll punished with 5 seconds mark-up. And that penalty also affected the ranking of the two racers who swapped places, so gasly won seventh place, Stroll however, he retreated to eighth.

Lance Stroll was given a 5-second mark-up penalty for illegally overtaking Pierre Gasly, which meant both racers swapped places. - Photo: HB Press

Kimi Raikkonen he originally won ninth place, however, was a team racer Alfa Romeo under investigation for breaches of regulations safety car. The Finn spun around in the lap before the restart behind the safety car after the break and lost a few places. Because it was about restart, he was allowed to take these places vomits, but when the lights went out safety car, there is a contradictory regulation that no race car should overtake. Popular Iceman he could have returned to his place, but the team instructed him to hold his position. But that was the wrong decision.

Kimi Raikkonen, however, even got a 30-second penalty penalty, which meant he ran out of points. The explanation of his sentence by the commissioners is - let's be careful - complicated - Photo: HB Press

Because in case Raikkonen I would not be on the restart their place, should in this case wrap up in the pits and wait for everyone else to pass. Although the punishment is to some extent strange and unusual, race commissioners imposed a mark-up penalty on Finc 30 seconds, which corresponds to a penalty of 10 seconds Stop-and-Go, if performed during the race. And a penalty for Raikkonen means the Alfa Romeo racer was left without points and got to them Fernando Alonso as the tenth, and his teammate advanced to the ninth Esteban Ocon.   

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