Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have both been disqualified from the final classification of the Chinese Grand Prix, with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly also excluded after all three were found to have infringed technical regulations.
In the case of Hamilton who crossed the line in P6, the thickness of the plank assembly was below the permitted minimum thickness of 9mm, by 0.4mm on the left side and centreline and by 0.5mm on the right side. The Stewards determined that Article 3.5.9 of the FIA Formula 1 Technical Regulations had been breached and “therefore the standard penalty of a disqualification needs to be applied for such an infringement”.
In the cases of fifth across the line Leclerc and 11th-placed Gasly, both cars were found to be 1kg under the minimum 800kg weight and this time the Stewards determined that Article 4.1 of the FIA Formula 1 Technical Regulations had been breached, which again comes with a standard penalty of disqualification.
The decisions mean that It meant that behind fourth-placed Max Verstappen, Haas’ Estaban Ocon takes fifth place for Haas, while Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli moves up to sixth. Williams Alex Albon climbs two places to seventh and Ollie Bearman adds to Haas’ celebrations with P8. Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and Williams’ Carlos Sainz are boosted into the points in ninth and tenth respectively.
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