Paris had a strong qualifying performance, finishing fourth. Because of a violation of the track limit rules. The stewards later deleted his Q2 and Q3 laps. Which man’s best lap was only good enough for 13th place on the grid, from which he will start today’s sprint race.
“It’s disappointing to lose fourth place, the track limits are very tight here this season, but it’s frustrating that the team weren’t told my lap time had been deleted during Q2,” the Red Bull racer said. “We have the Sprint tomorrow to make up ground and a long race ahead. We must keep our heads down and work hard in order to make progress and put ourselves in a good position for Sunday.”
The stewards’ ruling said, “The team stressed that they took risks and expended resources to compete in Q3. This point is accepted by the stewards. However, when it comes to assessing a penalty following a session, this is no different than any other situation. The usual penalty is to delete the relevant lap time, and the stewards order the same penalty here.”
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“However, as a result, the driver would not have progressed into Q3 and, in fairness to all other competitors, the stewards order that all of the driver’s Q3 lap times be deleted as well.”
The stewards also warned the Mercedes driver George Russell, after a last-minute crash in Q3, he walked onto the track and then into the pit lane.
