Esteban Gutierrez has been handed a five-place grid penalty for blocking Pascal Wehrlein during FP3 at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Wehrlein was on a flying lap and came up behind Gutierrez on the exit of Radillon, heading towards the Kemmel Straight. The Haas driver was on an out lap in the middle of the track and closed off the racing line, with Wehrlein having to take to the grass on the inside of the right-hand kink at the start of the straight.
Wehrlein immediately took to the radio to complain to his team, saying:"F***ing idiot, what is he doing?" before later adding his belief Gutierrez should be penalised for the incident.
The stewards agreed with Wehrlein following an investigation ahead of qualifying, handing Gutierrez a five-place grid penalty and three penalty points. The penalty will be applied after qualifying, with Gutierrez joining Lewis Hamilton (55 places), Fernando Alonso (35 places) and Marcus Ericsson (10 places) in having a penalty this weekend.
Gutierrez has been criticised by a number of drivers for ignoring blue flags in recent races, with both Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo unhappy with his driving in Hungary and Germany respectively.
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