Jarno Trulli is livid with Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, after they failed to penalise Sergio Perez for his ‘ignorance toward the rules’.
The Team Lotus driver states that Perez cut the chicane at last weekends Hungarian Grand Prix to regain his position ahead of the Lotus, after he was overtaken earlier on.
The rules state that any driver who cuts a corner and gains a place, must slow and allow that driver to pass, so an unfair advantage isn’t gained – Trulli believes the FIA and Perez ignored the rule on Sunday.
“This time around it’s my turn to complain and tell the FIA off, despite my race ending almost immediately. At the start I already had to deal with three incidents ahead of me that pushed me to the back, then Perez arrived with his absurd behaviour and everything was over,” he wrote in his column for Repubblica.
“He was strangely slow, more than my Lotus: I overtook him twice and to regain his position he cut the chicane. The rulebook is crystal clear, he had to move over and give the position back to me; instead he didn’t care, he stayed ahead of me.
“He showed a rare kind of rudeness and a unique ignorance of the rules, but I wonder why the FIA did not take any measure. What is it there for? What was it looking at? I understand why a boy would shrug, but the stewards had to intervene.
“My message is clear: there is only one rulebook and it’s the same for everyone: not just for the guys ahead, but also for the people at the back of the grid.”
