AlphaTauri driver Gasly and Alfa Romeo driver Zhou – who made it to Q3 for the first time in his career in Canada on Saturday – both failed to get back on track properly after leaving lap 9. Drivers have been instructed to keep to the left of an orange pillar at the exit of the turn before re-entering the track, which immediately punishes them for running out of time, but both Gasly and Zhou failed to make it to the qualifiers. . Zhou referred to the referees and claimed that the wet conditions played a role in his off-track trip and prevented him from getting on the right track, but they disagreed and gave him his first reprimand of the season. 🗣 @ ZhouGuanyu24 #CanadianGP pic.twitter.com/sgRL2nMtc5 – Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN (@alfaromeoorlen) June 18, 2022 Gasly complained that he had problems with the brakes at the time, but eventually admitted that he had broken the rules and received his second reprimand for 2022 so far. The reprimand system has been loose for this year, which means drivers must collect five reprimands in a season (up from three in 2021) before receiving a 10-place drop. AlphaTauri’s Gasly teammate Yuki Tsunoda, who did not qualify for the season, already has four reprimands for the season – something that has now led him to lose confidence in FIA decision-making and is one step away from his grid penalty. . Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon have also been investigated by referees for allegations that they drive unnecessarily late during the qualifiers in Montreal, as they tried to find space to complete a clean lap in the wet on Saturday. Sainz and Albon were both acquitted of any wrongdoing, meaning they could retain their seats on the grid as “many riders ended up in the queue” before embarking on a flying lap, so no driver was at fault. Despite a “potentially dangerous” situation for his investigation, Leclerc was also canceled – although he will already start from the back of the grid, with a change of engine beyond the permitted group of components leading to a penalty on the grid. Zhou will line up the P10 on the grid on Sunday. Gasly retired in Q1, but will take advantage of Leclerc’s engine penalty to start 15th on Sunday.
