Stroll hit Ricciardo below the protection automotive as the sphere bunched up within the penultimate nook for a lap 27 restart.
His crew 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 choice,” Krack mentioned when Autosport quizzed him concerning the punishment.
“I feel it was a series response on the finish of the day. You noticed Fernando [Alonso] locking and one other automotive behind and I feel all people was a bit bit caught on the market.
“I might have favored that this might have been checked out in a bit bit extra detailed means. We tried to debate it, however the verdict was in a short time that Lance was guilty. And he received a 10-second penalty, extra to the entrance wing harm.”
Mike Krack, Group Principal, Aston Martin F1 Group
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Ricciardo was significantly annoyed with Stroll ducking accountability for the conflict regardless of declaring the Aston driver was wanting on the apex of Flip 14 moderately than what was taking place forward of him.
“These conditions are created within the entrance,” Krack responded. “Now, you may at all times say, you want to be extra cautious.
“However, then again, for those who’re too cautious, and you’ve got the restart and also you lose a couple of automotive size – all people 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 lots of vehicles concerned.
“That is at all times the erratic motion that occurs on a security automotive restart. And we’ve a few of these yearly and can proceed to.”