SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Kimi Raikkonen does not think he deserved a penalty for failing to obey double-waved yellows at the Belgian Grand Prix because the incident in question was not on the circuit itself.
When Red Bull's Max Verstappen slowed to a halt at the Kemmel Straight, double-waved yellows were enforced on that part of the circuit. Though others obeyed and lifted while the recovery operation took place on the grass running alongside the track, Raikkonen did not.
The Finn was hit with a ten-second stop-go penalty, something he feels was unjustified.
"Nothing really happened apart from me getting a penalty," Raikkonen said of the incident.