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Sergio Perez and Yuki Tsunoda were both summoned by the F1 stewards after sprint qualifying at the Qatar Grand Prix.
At the Qatar Grand Prix, Sergio Perez and Yuki Tsunoda received a reprimand from the FIA stewards for not following the race director’s instruction regarding the minimum time between safety car lines on the track during qualifying. Race director Rui Marques had set a lap-time limit of 1:40.0 between the two lines when not on a flying lap, with 17 drivers infringing upon this rule. Only three drivers, including Nico Hulkenberg, were not deemed to have violated the instruction. Perez and Tsunoda were summoned to appear before the stewards, with Perez receiving his first reprimand of the season and Tsunoda his second. The stewards acknowledged Perez’s explanation of focusing on not impeding others and trying to maintain a gap to the cars in front, leading to the imposition of a reprimand for both drivers for failing to comply with the safety car line time limit.
