FIA explain key decisions during Qatar Grand Prix including Safety Car deployment and Lando Norris’s penalty

The FIA have shared particulars of the reasoning behind among the key selections made throughout the Qatar Grand Prix, an eventful race that noticed quite a few penalties handed out – together with a 10-second cease/go for Lando Norris – in addition to three Security Automobile deployments.

Following the occasion, additional data has been given relating to three incidents particularly.

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Why was the Security Automobile not deployed when there was a wing mirror on the monitor?

It was noticed on Lap 30 of 57 {that a} wing mirror had fallen onto the monitor on the principle straight, with replays later exhibiting that it had come from the Williams of Alex Albon. A couple of laps later, Valtteri Bottas ran over the wing mirror, leading to particles scattering across the space.

Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton then each picked up punctures, forcing them to limp again to the pits. The Security Automobile was subsequently deployed whereas the particles on the principle straight was cleared.