McLaren boss Zak Brown supports Carlos Sainz's call for a penalty to be levied upon a driver for causing a red flag in qualifying, saying such a sanction is simple and easy to implement. The topic, which has been debated in the past, was tabled by Sainz last month in the wake of the team order saga at Red Bull that marked the end of the Brazilian Grand Prix. At Interlagos, Max Verstappen ignored an order from his team's pitwall to let Perez overtake him to boost the Mexican's points tally in the Drivers' championship. There was a widespread view in the paddock that Verstappen's firm rejection of that order was pay-back for Perez deliberately crashing in the final minutes of qualifying in...
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