Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been demoted three locations on the grid for dashing beneath a yellow flag throughout F1 Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying.
Antonelli confronted a post-qualifying investigation for potential dashing beneath yellow flags, which occurred when Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen spun on the closing nook late in Q3.
The Italian teenager was discovered responsible of “insufficient and unsustainable” makes an attempt to cut back his pace and was given a three-place grid drop and a penalty level on his licence.
Antonelli completed 4th in Hungary
Antonelli claimed he had a elevate when chatting with Sky Sports activities F1 after qualifying.
“For those who take a look at the laps, we had a tailwind in Flip 9 and misplaced about 10 seconds there, and within the final nook we had about 10 and a half seconds to spare from the earlier lap, as a result of we did not have as a lot grip as we may on the earlier lap,” defined the Mercedes driver.
“There was a yellow flag after we entered the nook, so I attempted my finest to elevate it up. I did elevate it, however my minimal pace was a lot decrease than earlier than. It was disappointing.”
“I used to be sure of third place, however I do not suppose pole place is feasible. I might have been fairly near Lando, about 0.5 seconds, however it nonetheless wasn’t sufficient for pole place.”
Antonelli has a 50 level lead over Russell.
Antonelli would drop to seventh place. Piastri took his place from third, with Verstappen lining up in fourth on the second row.
Antonelli’s Mercedes teammate George Russell heads into Sunday’s race 50 factors behind the Italian, however will begin sixth.
Steward’s full verdict
“The motive force of automotive No. 12 (Antonelli) said that upon seeing the yellow flag and light-weight panel, he eliminated the throttle sooner than on the earlier push lap. This was confirmed by telemetry,” the stewards’ verdict states.
“Nonetheless, the slowdown occurred for a really brief time period and actually the pace of the automotive when passing the accident scene for automotive quantity 3 (Verstappen) was barely larger than on the earlier push lap.
“My mini-sector time was simply 0.03 seconds slower than my finest time for that mini-sector, however as a result of I lifted 16 meters earlier, I used to be 14 km/h slower coming into the yellow flag sector, however as a result of I braked much less coming into the nook I used to be 3 km/h quicker when passing the accident scene.
“FIA representatives famous that the pace discount within the mini-sector was lower than 1%. The stewards thought of this incident to be totally different from different incidents wherein no additional motion was taken as a result of, not like these instances, there was no vital pace distinction within the mini-sector in comparison with the driving force’s earlier quickest time beneath related circumstances.”
“The advisable penalty in response to the Penalty Tips for this violation is a five-place grid drop, nevertheless, in lowering the penalty, we thought of that the driving force had slowed down, though in our judgment it was not ample or sustained.”
“Moreover, the driving force had restricted time and distance to react, so a decrease penalty was utilized.”
