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Cadillac loses first F1 points finish after Perez penalty

Cadillac has lost its maiden Formula 1 points finish in Monaco due to a post-race penalty that hands the Aston Martin-Honda alliance its first point instead.Perez was 10th in the provisional classification, once Nico Hulkenberg was penalised 10 seconds for a collision with Carlos Sainz, but was summoned to see the stewards after the race over being out of position at the late-race standing restart.That proved to be a fairly slam-dunk case, with Perez handed a 10-second time penalty that dropped him from 10th to 15th and last.The stewards’ statement said: “Video evidence showed clearly that the front right wheel of car #11 [Perez] was outside the starting box. The standard penalty is applied.”That was the second such infringement for Perez during the race as he erroneously p …


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Author: Josh Suttill

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