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Latifi says Baku penalty caused by 'miscommunication'

Nicholas Latifi says the 30-second time penalty added to his race time in Baku was the result of a "miscommunication" from the Williams pitwall. Latifi had failed to follow the field and drive through the pits during the caution period that followed Max Verstappen's heavy crash on Baku's main straight in the closing stages of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. But the Canadian wasn't responsible for the oversight, having been wrongly ordered by his team to stay out on the track. On the radio, Latifi was told "Stay out, stay out, stay out, stay out, stay out!", before his engineer added "Through the pit lane but no pit stop". Unfortunately, despite the mitigating...
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