Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has been summoned by the stewards for comments made ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix that blamed a “rogue marshal” for Max Verstappen getting a penalty. Horner was unhappy that Verstappen had been handed a five-place grid penalty for failing to respect a double waved yellow flag that was on the outside of the track to alert drivers to Pierre Gasly stopping on the pit straight in qualifying. While race control had cleared previous yellows, Gasly had been moving but had come to a halt by the time Verstappen passed, with no other warnings on his dash or from light panels. The stewards said they were “sympathetic” to Red Bull’s defense against...
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