Simona de Silvestro, Supercars’ first fulltime female driver, has drawn the attention of leading teams at the Perth round for all the wrong reasons.

The Nissan rookie has copped a five-place grid penalty for reckless driving, all but ensuring she will start at the back of the field for Sunday’s 200km race after being blamed for a near-miss in qualifying.

Leading Holden team Red Bull Racing (RBR) were livid over Saturday’s incident which almost took out their lead driver and defending series champion Shane van Gisbergen, saying Silvestro should have been disqualified from qualifying.

The Perth crowd gasped as van Gisbergen had to take evasive action when he came thundering down the back straight at 250km/h, only to find de Silvestro “dawdling” on the racing line at the final turn warming up for a qualifying lap.

Van Gisbergen narrowly missed de Silvestro as he steered his Holden off the track and through the corner’s sand trap.

He recovered to qualify fourth fastest but RBR team manager Mark Dutton was far from impressed.

“It’s actually very, very dangerous,” Dutton said.

“It’s quite stupid. It shouldn’t be a couple of grid positions they be penalised, they should be disqualified from qualifying.

“It’s that big a deal. There was almost cars written off there.”

Stewards delayed their qualifying investigation until after Saturday’s opening 120km race in Perth.

De Silvestro qualified a career-best 14th for Saturday’s 50-lap event but finished fourth-last in the 26-strong field.

“Following an investigation and an admission of reckless driving by Simona de Silvestro, the stewards imposed a progressive five grid spot penalty (for Sunday),” the stewards report said.

It is believed a special drivers’ briefing will be held on Sunday morning to discuss qualifying protocol due to the incident.

Van Gisbergen’s Holden teammate – six-time series champion Jamie Whincup – hinted that qualifying procedure had to be readdressed.

“We are trying to minimise rules which is good,” he said.

“But everyone was dawdling down the hill (on the back straight) and it could have been a massive one (accident).

“I am not saying we have gone backwards with the rules but those guys didn’t do a good job and we almost had a shunt.”

Ford driver Scott McLaughlin – who won Saturday’s opener in Perth – hoped he never saw a repeat of the terrifying incident.

“It was pretty scary. There were plenty of dawdlers out there,” McLaughlin said.

“It was getting a bit ridiculous.”