Ferrari’s protest against Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez at the Monaco Grand Prix has been rejected by the FIA. Perez took first and Verstappen third in Sunday’s race, but the Prancing Horse were keen to draw attention to what they saw as pit exit infringements from the Red Bull duo.
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto claimed that Perez and Verstappen crossed the yellow line when leaving the pits in an attempt to stay ahead of Ferrari pair Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. Whether illegal or not, the tactic work as Perez took the lead of the race and Verstappen stayed ahead of title rival Leclerc.
And the order stayed exactly the same right until the end of the race, allowing Red Bull to extend their lead in the Constructors’ Championship and Verstappen to do the same on the individual front. Binotto called the infringements a ‘clear rules breach’, and a Red Bull representative was summoned to stewards after the Grand Prix.
“I think both Red Bulls were on the yellow line at the exit and in the past that has always been penalised with a five-second penalty,” Binotto told Sky Sports. Given that all four of the front-runners were racing bumper-to-bumper by the time the chequered flag came about, such penalties would have had a dramatic effect on the race result.
But two hours after being summoned, the protest was rejected by stewards in Monaco.
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