Pierre Gasly reckons the three-place grid penalty and two penalty points given to Sebastian Vettel as punishment for failing to slow down sufficiently during first practice for the United States Grand Prix on Friday was ‘harsh’. Vettel was pinged for driving too fast when the red flags were flying after gravel was strewn across the track following an off by Charles Leclerc, and although the Scuderia Ferrari driver did slow significantly in the offending area on the track, the fact he went quicker than the minimum time in between marshalling sectors set out by the FIA caused the penalties. Gasly however feels the penalty was too harsh for the offence, although the Red Bull Toro Rosso...
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