Toro Rosso’s Dany Kvyat was hit with post-race penalty by the US Grand Prix stewards that has kicked out of the top ten for the second race in a row.<\/p>\n
Kvyat had muscled his way past Racing Point’s Sergio Perez late in the race, pushing the Mexican as he lunged down the inside of COTA’s tight left-hand Turn 15, a move that earned him a tenth-place finish on the road.<\/p>\n
However, the stewards frowned upon the maneuver and subsequently investigated the Russian for causing a collision.<\/p>\n
The sanction was a 5-second penalty applied right after the finish that dropped Kvyat to P12, with Perez thus grabbing the final point in the race.<\/p>\n
Kvyat’s penalty comes just a week after a late lunge at Nico Hulkenberg in the Mexican Grand Prix was also punished by the stewards and cost the Toro Rosso driver a P9 result.<\/p>\n
A furious Kvyat took exception with the stewards’ call in Mexico, insisting penalties of the sort were “killing the sport”.<\/p>\n
And his immediate post-race reaction in Austin upon learning of the penalty was equally fierce.<\/p>\n
“It’s bullshit, it’s unbelievable!,” quipped the Russian, talking to Ziggo Sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n “I have no words, it’s so stupid. I went to the inside, and he [Perez] closed the door, it’s normal, and then we touched.<\/p>\n “This is unacceptable, really…”<\/p>\n Gallery: The beautiful wives and girlfriends of F1 drivers<\/p>\n