Martin Brundle has labelled the finale to Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix as “painful to watch” after the race frustratingly completed behind the security automotive.
Daniel Ricciardo pulled up on the aspect of the observe with 5 laps remaining, prompting a security automotive and the vast majority of the sphere diving into the pits.
With Max Verstappen main and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in second, many had been anticipating a frantic dash to the chequered flag nevertheless it took the marshals time to clear Ricciardo’s McLaren automotive from the observe.
The security automotive additionally picked up third-placed George Russell’s Mercedes initially, delaying the method, forcing the race to finish behind the security automotive for simply the thirteenth time in Formula 1 historical past.
The Ferrari followers within the grandstands voiced their anger with resounding boos and even Red Bull boss Christian Horner admitted that the race ought to have had time to get going once more.
Ex-F1 driver and Sky Sports pundit Brundle admits the followers “deserved a thriller at the restart” and, given the restoration truck on the circuit to gather Ricciardo’s stricken McLaren, a crimson flag late on would have been justified.
“It was painful to watch,” Brundle mentioned in his Sky column. “The McLaren was stuck in gear so couldn’t be wheeled away after Daniel struggled to find a decent service opening. It’s an old school track with poor service road access, and eventually a mobile crane arrived to scoop it up.
“There has been an initiative discussed whereby, in the final five laps of a race, if there’s an issue of this kind then throw the red flag and have a standing start re-start. We saw this in Azerbaijan last year and it does make for great anticipation and a thrilling finale to a race.
The Italian Grand Prix ended behind the safety car
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“I must say seeing the cars file past a recovery vehicle and a suspended F1 car reversing down the track, albeit at safety car speeds, it would have been easy to justify a red flag stoppage.
“Instead, for only the thirteenth time if F1 history a race was ended at low speed behind the safety car. It was not the FIA’s finest event. It’s such a short race there anyway due to the high average speeds, and the fans would have deserved a thriller at the restart.”
The end result means Verstappen has a 116-point result in Leclerc within the Drivers Championship with six races remaining and the Dutchman might declare his second world title as early as the following race in Singapore in three weeks’ time.
Source: www.impartial.co.uk
