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Steiner wants rethink of "unfair" penalty process

Haas boss Gunther Steiner has called for a rethink of Formula 1's penalty process after he criticised the decision to penalise Romain Grosjean in China. Grosjean and Renault's Jolyon Palmer were both give five-place grid penalties for improving their times after passing double-waved yellow flags following Antonio Giovinazzi's crash in qualifying. The duo said they backed off, with Grosjean tweeting his data to support his argument, but the stewards ruled Palmer and Grosjean "attempted to set a meaningful laptime", which is not allowed in the rules. In accordance with article 38.3g of the sporting regulations, this type of penalty is not susceptible to appeal. Steiner was critical...
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