Kimi Raikkonen has criticised the Monaco Grand Prix stewards for not imposing a penalty upon Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo.
The pair clashed in the closing lap of the race as Ricciardo launched a late move up the inside of Raikkonen at Mirabeau. The Australian’s front-tyre made contact with the Finn’s rear, but both escaped damage, though Ricciardo managed to take fifth from the Ferrari man.
Whilst the stewards investigated the matter, they chose not to take any action, though Raikkonen believes Ricciardo’s move was deserving of a penalty.
“It’s not very clear what you’re allowed to do and what you’re not allowed to do because someone can get a penalty for something and another cannot,” he complained.
Fernando Alonso found himself in a similar position to Ricciardo on the opening lap of the race with Nico Hulkenberg. However the Spaniard was penalised with a five-second time penalty, leading Raikkonen to question the stewards’ consistency.
“It usually is a penalty for these kind of things and this time not,” he said.
“There’s no certain way of what is allowed and what is not so in my view it was pretty obvious but the stewards think differently.”
Raikkonen eventually finished behind Ricciardo in sixth place.
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