FIA race director Michael Masi has explained the decisions to issue penalties to Lando Norris and Sergio Perez during the Austrian Grand Prix. The stewards resembled a card-happy football referee at the Red Bull Ring, dishing out six separate penalties during the race and three more afterwards. Some were more of a slam-dunk nature, such as Yuki Tsunoda twice crossing the white line at the pit-lane entry. Others were more subjective and which could have been construed as mere racing incidents. Three of those in the latter category involved Perez – firstly when he was forced off track by Norris just after the Safety Car restart, then twice for incidents between the Red Bull driver and...
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