Max Verstappen has been stripped of his Mexican Astronomical Prix pole snort after slouch stewards handed the Red Bull Racing driver a 3-snort grid penalty for failing to dull for single waved yellow flag at the terminate the third section of qualifying at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Moments from the terminate of the Q3 in Mexico City, Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas crashed at the closing nook, Turn 17. Verstappen modified into following the Finn no longer off beam and seconds later crossed the road to relate his 2d occupation pole.
On the other hand after the session the slouch stewards summoned the Dutch driver and after hearing from the driving force and a team representative and having “reviewed video, audio and telemetry evidences which clearly showed that the driving force tried to snort a necessary lap time and did no longer crop his run within the linked marshalling sector” they would be imposing “a descend of three grid positions at the driving force’s next slouch [Mexico] and two penalty parts”.
Increasing on their resolution the stewards identified that “the driving force of Automobile 33 admitted that he modified into wide awake that automotive 77 (Valtteri Bottas) crashed and did behold the automotive on the left hand facet of the observe, however modified into no longer wide awake of the waved yellow flag. He also admitted no longer lowering his run on the yellow sector. The Stewards famed from the on board photos of Automobile 33, that the waved yellow flag modified into clearly visible and modified into shown with sufficient recognize. The old driver (Automobile 5) diminished the run significaly as per the guidelines.”
Verstappen will now start the next day’s Mexican Astronomical Prix from fourth snort on the grid. Charles Leclerc is promoted to pole snort with team-mate Senastian Vettel 2d on an all-Ferrari entrance row. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton will start third.
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