Ferrari to protest Max Verstappen for crossing white line at pit exit | 2022 Monaco GP. Ferrari seeking FIA clarification over Verstappen line.

Scuderia Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has confirmed that the Maranello team are seeking clarification over Red Bull’s Max Verstappen allegedly crossing the pit lane exit line during the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz started the race from the first row, but things started to go wrong for the Maranello team as the track started to dry and Scuderia Ferrari made a series of wrong strategy decisions which resulted in Charles Leclerc dropping to fourth from the lead and Carlos Sainz being overtaken by the Red Bull of Sergio Perez who went on to win the race on the streets of Monte Carlo.

After losing even more ground to Red Bull in both the Drivers and Constructors’ Championships despite the encouraging prospects after qualifying, team principal Mattia Binotto wanted to point out an incident involving Max Verstappen during the Monaco Grand Prix. As the Dutchman exited the pit lane, his front left seemed to touch the exit line and the Ferrari boss feels this incident needs clarification after not being even investigated during the race:

“I think it was not close, he was on the line,” he said in a post-race interview for Sky Sports F1. “If you look at the international sporting code, it’s the wording. It says crossing, but then we had a clarification in 30.20.20 to avoid any discussions. And if you look at the race driver note, it’s indicated staying to the right. So being on the on the line is breaching the race director notes. And I think that each single team has the duty and the task to follow the race directors now so for us, that’s something unclear we are still seeking for clarification to the FIA, and we’re happy to have it as soon as possible.” – the Ferrari boss added.

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The FIA did not seem to look at Max Verstappen’s incident during the race. Had the Dutchman been found guilty, he would likely have been given a five-second penalty that would have seen Charles Leclerc get third place in the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix.