Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were both disqualified from the US Grand Prix, having fallen foul of a lack of setup time due to the Sprint race...
Hours after the United States Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were both disqualified from the race.
Two of these four cars were found to not have the minimum thickness of 9 millimetres towards the rear of their planks, with FIA Technical Delegate Jo Bauer explained that the skids located in the area “-825 ≥ XR ≥ – 1025” were not in compliance with the thickness. Cars that can run lower to the ground generate more downforce in the ground-effect era, meaning Hamilton and Leclerc would have had a slight performance advantage over the legal versions being run by their teammates, although these cars were not singled out for the specific plank tests.
With the cars clearly not in compliance with the Technical Regulations, the circumstances for the breach being unintentional are irrelevant to the verdict and, as a consequence, both cars were disqualified having fallen outside of the thresholds that already included a tolerance for wear. George Russell is classified fifth, Pierre Gasly sixth, Lance Stroll seventh, Yuki Tsunoda eighth, Alex Albon ninth, and Logan Sargeant scoring his first-ever F1 point as the American driver claimed 10th place in his home race.
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