Drivers are handed penalty factors along with sporting penalties if the stewards deem an incident mandatory, with an accumulation of 12 factors over a 12-month rolling interval leading to a race ban.
Kevin Magnussen’s latest spate of punishments has seen the Haas driver transfer perilously near that mark, with 10 factors to his identify – the most recent of which had been added after the Miami Grand Prix.
However the software of factors throughout various kinds of penalty has raised concern amongst drivers.
Requested by Motorsport.com whether or not he felt the penalty factors system wants altering, Sargeant replied: “I feel mine [in China] was extraordinarily irritating.
“The penalty is one factor. To get penalty factors for what it was, was a little bit of a joke. I feel lots worse issues occur all through the weekend that you just simply get reprimanded for.
Logan Sargeant, Williams FW46
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“I’ve had individuals in qualifying decelerate in entrance of me, almost have big crashes, and nothing occurs. However then once I cross the road similtaneously another person and you’ll’t even see it, you get two penalty factors and I feel it isn’t a terrific route to be heading in.”
Giving his response, the Crimson Bull driver defined: “I feel that already the penalties, typically you already pay the implications for that and so as to add some penalty factors, and provided that we now have now extra races, it is one thing that positively needs to be checked out.
“Each incident, if you happen to see all of the factors that each driver will get, there are loads of factors which are in all probability over the road, however the rule is there.
“However hopefully, sooner or later, it is one thing that may be reviewed.”
