Formel 1 Imola 2021: Das Rennen am Sonntag in der Chronologie

Keine Strafe für Russell oder Bottas

Die erste Entscheidung der Rennkommissare ist da. Bottas und Russell kommen ohne Strafe davon. In der Begründung heißt es, Bottas habe Russell genug Platz gelassen. Umgekehrt sei Russell auf eine nasse Stelle gekommen und habe dadurch das Auto verloren. Letztendlich sei es ein normaler Rennunfall gewesen, daher keine Strafe. Hier die Begründung im Wortlaut:

"Car 63 approached car 77 to pass after the front straight a few laps after the restart when DRS had recently been enabled. Car 77 maintained his line throughout the incident along the right hand side of the dry line, leaving at least a full car’s width to the right at all times."

"Car 63 approached with a significant speed advantage. He moved to pass on the right. As the cars approached the kink of turn 1, the gap between them and the right hand side of the track decreased. At no time did either car manoeuvre erratically. The track appeared to be not especially wet through turn 1 but at the point of closest approach to the right hand side of the track, the right hand side tyres of Car 63 hit an especially damp patch and the car snap yawed, bearing in mind that the car had low downforce in the rear with the DRS open."

"The Stewards conclude that the accident was a racing incident considering the conditions and take no further action."