Stroll hit Ricciardo below the protection automobile as the sphere bunched up within the penultimate nook for a lap 27 restart.
His staff boss Krack backed the Canadian and questioned why such a snap verdict was issued quickly after the incident.
“A really, very fast verdict with out actually understanding… I believed it was very, very quick and really harsh, very fast determination,” Krack mentioned when Autosport quizzed him concerning the punishment.
“I believe it was a sequence response on the finish of the day. You noticed Fernando [Alonso] locking and one other automobile behind and I believe everyone was somewhat bit caught on the market.
“I might have appreciated that this could have been checked out in somewhat bit extra detailed approach. We tried to debate it, however the verdict was in a short time that Lance was accountable. And he received a 10-second penalty, further to the entrance wing harm.”
Mike Krack, Crew Principal, Aston Martin F1 Crew
Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
Ricciardo was notably pissed off with Stroll ducking accountability for the conflict regardless of mentioning the Aston driver was trying on the apex of Flip 14 fairly than what was occurring forward of him.
“These conditions are created within the entrance,” Krack responded. “Now, you possibly can at all times say, you have to be extra cautious.
“However, alternatively, in case you’re too cautious, and you’ve got the restart and also you lose multiple automobile size – everyone says ‘are you asleep?’
“Issues like that occur at totally different tracks. You keep in mind the incident we had in Mugello [at the 2020 Tuscan GP], the place there have been quite a lot of automobiles concerned.
“That is at all times the erratic motion that occurs on a security automobile restart. And now we have a few of these yearly and can proceed to.”