Haas Formula 1 team boss Gunther Steiner has criticised the decision to penalise Romain Grosjean for an offence under yellow flags following Antonio Giovinazzi’s crash in Chinese Grand Prix qualifying. Grosjean and Renault’s Jolyon Palmer were both given five-place grid penalties for improving their time after passing double-waved yellow flags for Giovinazzi’s wrecked Sauber in the middle of the track after he went off at the final corner. Both drivers claimed they backed off, but the stewards ruled that they "attempted to set a meaningful lap time”, which is not allowed in the rules. “If they want everybody to stop, they need to throw a red flag,” said Steiner....
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