Tost hits out at Kvyat’s ‘unjustified’ penalty

Franz Tost says Daniil Kvyat’s Chinese GP penalty was “unjustified” as he feels Lando Norris played a role in the crash.

Kvyat was handed a drive-through penaltyfor his lap 1 antics in Shanghai which saw the Toro Rosso hit not one but both McLarens.

管家说Kvyat是“完全在福尔t, causing the collision”, however, Tost disagrees.

“This penalty for me is unjustified,” theToro Rossoteam boss told Autosport. “Norris was off the track, and he came back very aggressively, so what should Daniil do?

“For me, this decision is not correct.

“You can’t change it, but Daniil and Graham [Watson, team manager] went to the stewards to tell them that this is our opinion, and I share this opinion because I watched it on TV once more just now with the engineers.

“It cannot be that someone is off the track, is coming back, and then the other one is there. What should he do?”

Slowed down Sainz/Kvyat/Norris#F1#ChineseGPpic.twitter.com/fxNu8ZBTH7

— Ana Maria Mercado (@AnaMariaMercad)April 15, 2019

AlthoughKvyatcontinued in the race, taking his penalty and his pit stops, Toro Rosso eventually retired his STR14.

“We retired him because we wanted to save engine mileage,” said Tost. “The regulations say only three engines. So instead of running the car out on the track, we decided to call him in.”

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