Sergio Perez drops to P13 on the grid for the AustrianGP sprint, after what was a very unique case for the stewards. F1
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez has tumbled down the starting grid for the Austria sprint due to a track limits violation, now set to line up P13.
With track limits being very strictly enforced, the stewards set about investigating whether Perez had breached track limits on his final flying lap of Q2. “Perez left the track at Turn 8 on his last flying lap of Q2, just before the end of the session,” the report from the stewards stated. “The team made the point that leaving the track at this point is not a clear advantage and brought data to support that point. However, the stewards considered this was not a case of ‘gaining a lasting advantage’ but rather ‘leaving the track without a justifiable reason’, which is another part of the same rule and the section being applied to qualifying sessions.
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