Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton have been amongst eight drivers demoted after race stewards dominated late on Sunday that they’d dedicated monitor limits violations within the Austrian Grand Prix.
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In a race of attrition, punctuated by security vehicles, the stewards discovered they’d misplaced monitor of a number of the violations.
A observe from the game’s governing physique FIA mentioned there had been greater than 1 200 potential monitor limits breaches within the race.
In the confusion, Aston Martin filed a post-race protest.
Late on Sunday night, after checking their sums, the stewards penalised eight drivers.
“An examination of the list of deleted lap times… revealed that a number of track limit infringements had not previously been referred to the Stewards for potential penalty,” mentioned an announcement.
“It was determined that some of these infringements warranted a penalty that was not previously applied.”
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Five racers in factors positions have been all discovered to have dedicated one breach and had 10 seconds added to their instances.
Sainz of Ferrari, the highest-placed finisher to be punished, dropped from fourth to sixth. Lando Norris of McLaren Mercedes and Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin each gained a place.
Hamilton fell from seventh to eighth, swapping locations with Mercedes team-mate George Russell.
Pierre Gasly of Alpine dropped a spot to tenth. Alex Albon of Williams Mercedes was punished however stayed in eleventh simply outdoors the factors.
Esteban Ocon, who accrued 4 penalties for a complete of 40 seconds added to his time, fell two spots to 14th. Nyck De Vries had two penalties for 15 seconds and Yuki Tsunoda one for five seconds, which dropped him to final among the many 19 finishers.
Austrian Grand Prix revised outcomes on Sunday, the ninth race within the 2023 Formula One world championship:
1. Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull) 1hr 25min 33.607sec, 2. Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) at 5.155 sec, 3. Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull) 17.188, 4. Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) 26.327, 5. Fernando Alonso (ESP/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 30.317, 6. Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari) 31.377, 7. George Russell (GBR/Mercedes) 48.403, 8. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 49.196, . 9. Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 59.043, 10. Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine-Renault) 1:67.667, 11. Alexander Albon (THA/Williams-Mercedes) 1:19.767, 12. Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo-Ferrari) 1 lap, 13. Logan Sargeant (USA/Williams-Mercedes) 1 lap, 14. Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine-Renault) 1 lap, 15. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo-Ferrari) 1 lap, 16. Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren-Mercedes) 1 lap, 17. Nyck de Vries (NED/AlphaTauri-Red Bull) 1 lap, 18.19. Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari) 1 lap, 19. Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri-Red Bull) 1 lap,
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull) 1:07.012 seventieth lap
DNF: Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Haas-Ferrari)
World championship standings
Drivers
1. Max Verstappen (NED) 229pts, 2. Sergio Perez (MEX) 148, 3. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 131, 4. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 106, 5. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) 82, 6. Charles Leclerc (MON) 72, 7. George Russell (GBR) 72, 8. Lance Stroll (CAN) 44, 9. Esteban Ocon (FRA) 31, 10. Lando Norris (GBR) 24, 11. Pierre Gasly (FRA) 16, 12. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) 9, 13. Alexander Albon (THA) 7, 14. Oscar Piastri (AUS) 5, 15. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 5, 16. Zhou Guanyu (CHN) 4, 17. Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) 2, 18. Kevin Magnussen (DEN) 2, 19. Nyck de Vries (NED) 0, 20. Logan Sargeant (USA) 0
Constructors
1. Red Bull 377 pts, 2. Mercedes 178, 3. Aston Martin-Mercedes 175, 4. Ferrari 154, 5. Alpine-Renault 47, 6. McLaren-Mercedes 29, 7. Haas-Ferrari 11, 8. Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 9, 9. Williams-Mercedes 7, 10. AlphaTauri 2
By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
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