“As stewards, we are not here to inflict pain on drivers,” insisted the FIA’s chairman of Formula 1 stewards Garry Connelly after a rare meeting between the stewards and drivers in Qatar. “We’re here to provide a level playing field. It’s not us against the drivers, it’s the drivers against the drivers and we’re here
McLaren complained about the severity of Lando Norris’s for failing to slow for double waved yellow flags during the Qatar Grand Prix. Norris was given a 10-second stop-go penalty, one of the harshest sanctions available to the stewards, for the incident on lap 30 of yesterday’s race. When imposed, the penalty requires a driver to
Lewis Hamilton’s penultimate race as a Mercedes driver marked another low in his final season at the team as he picked up two penalties and finished outside the points. His race got off to a poor start as he dropped back three places on the opening lap despite moving from his grid box too soon.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner suggested Sergio Perez may choose not to remain at the team next year after another point-less race in Qatar. Perez spun out of the race on the 39th lap as the field prepared to restart. It was the seventh time this year he has failed to score in a
Four more drivers have received penalty points on their licences for incidents during the Qatar Grand Prix. George Russell, Liam Lawson, Alexander Albon and Lance Stroll joined Lando Norris in collecting penalty points during Sunday’s race. The Mercedes driver received a single penalty point for falling more than 10 car lengths behind the Safety Car
Formula 1 race director Rui Marques’s decision not to neutralise the Qatar Grand Prix to allow a piece of debris to be removed prompted some criticism. Not least from McLaren team principal Andrea Stella, whose driver Lando Norris was penalised for failing to slow for yellow flags which were shown when Alexander Albon’s Williams shed
Max Verstappen slated George Russell over his rival’s remarks in yesterday’s meeting with the stewards which led to the Red Bull driver receiving a penalty. The stewards handed Verstappen a one-place grid penalty for driving unnecessarily slowly in qualifying after Russell swerved to avoid the Red Bull and accused him on his radio of “dangerous”
Max Verstappen has lost pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix after being penalised for driving unnecessarily slowly in the final phase of qualifying. The stewards issued the Red Bull driver with a one-place grid penalty. He will therefore start from second place behind George Russell Race control announced before the end of today’s qualifying
George Russell said an incident between him and Max Verstappen before his final flying lap cost him a chance to start the race from pole position. Verstappen is under investigation for potentially driving too slowly at the time of the incident between the two prior to their final flying laps in Q3. Russell caught Verstappen
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella explained why their drivers were unable to replicate their strong performance from the sprint race qualifying session. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri qualified first and third respectively for the weekend’s opening race. However the pair will share the second row of the grid for the grand prix after being out-qualified
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