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Hulkenberg penalty “makes a mockery of F1” – Szafnauer

Force India’s chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer has blasted the latest Formula 1 race steward ‘inconsistent’ call on race incidents after Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg was handed a five-second time penalty for passing Sergio Perez off track. During the opening lap scraps Force India’s Perez looked to have skated ahead of Hulkenberg for seventh place only to see his ex-teammate run wide at turn 12 and cut the corner to re-join the track ahead of the Mexican. The FIA race stewards deemed Hulkenberg to have gained an unfair advantage and duly slapped him with a five-second time penalty – which he served during his one pit stop during the race – but Szafnauer felt the...
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