The Japanese Grand Prix involved several contentious moments, creating a busy afternoon for the race stewards.
While three time penalties were handed out, there were another two incidents which some have argued required a penalty for one of the drivers involved. Although he delegates the responsibility of in-race penalties to a team of race stewards, which alternate at every event, F1's race director Charlie Whiting used his regular post-race media briefing in Suzuka to explain the logic behind each one of them.