Formula One needs to apply common sense in handing out penalties for infringements where visibility is a real problem for drivers, according to Mercedes driver George Russell.
Russell, a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, spoke after Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso was handed a five- second penalty for lining up slightly out of position on the starting grid in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Alpine's Esteban Ocon collected penalties at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix for the same reasons, eventually retiring after a third sanction for speeding in the pitlane.Drivers have also had lap times deleted in qualifying after their cars' wheels touched painted lines at the pit lane entry and exit.
"I think a little bit of common sense needs to be shown," added the Briton who was briefly promoted to third place before Alonso, Formula One's most experienced driver with a record 357 starts, was reinstated for his 100th career podium. "We're sat so low and, to put some perspective, we only see probably the top four or five inches of the tyre - so you can't actually see the ground itself," he said.
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