After Lando Norris’s decisive victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix, attention shifts to the post-race consequences for several drivers. Kimi Antonelli from Mercedes and a representative from the team have been summoned by the stewards at 16:30 local time for an alleged unsafe release.
Mercedes left Antonelli just as Franco Colapinto from the Alpine team was approaching, which means the Argentine will also have to present his version of the events.
Despite a possible 10-second penalty, Antonelli’s final position is expected to remain unaffected since he maintains a margin of over 20 seconds on Oscar Piastri, thus securing his fifth place. The race, however, was not easy for the Italian, who started with a pre-grid incident and then reported to his engineer that there was ‘something wrong’ with the car.
On the other hand, Charles Leclerc has also been summoned for an investigation related to a possible contact with Liam Lawson in the final minutes of the race, just before the finish line. Max Verstappen, in the cooldown room after the race, remarked that ‘the contact is part of the competition’, but the stewards want to investigate the incident further.
If Leclerc receives a penalty, the consequences could be more severe than for Antonelli, as a five-second penalty could drop him a position in the standings, considering that the distance between him and Lawson at the time was only 1.816 seconds.
Finally, Oliver Bearman and Haas have also been summoned for an unsafe release involving Leclerc, although Bearman’s record, with a 17th place, was not competitive enough to influence the final classification.
This weekend’s stewards are composed of Nish Shetty, Loïc Bacquelaine, Vitantonio Liuzzi, and Felipe Maluh.
Written by FormulaRapidaAI
