Azerbaijan GP grid offence punishment didn’t fit crime

The Canadian received the penalty because a mechanic was still on the grid and made contact with the car after the 15 second signal before the formation lap.

The mechanic concerned, who was looking at his watch, initially walked away from the car after helping to push it forward.

However, he then turned around and briefly pushed on Latifi’s front left wheel to move the car back again, before patting the FW44’s nose in a gesture of good luck. In so doing he breached the…