George Russell and Kimi Antonelli were punished first for leaving the garage too early while Bahrain Grand Prix qualified.
Russell is now the third time in Sakhir in Sakhir, the third race of OSCAR PIASTRI and Charles LecrlerC, fourth in Pierre Gasly and fifth in Antonelli.
The Mercedes Duo was released in the early third quarter.
The statement of the steward described as follows. “SHOVLIN has become a message that advises the actual restart time with evidence that SHOVLIN, a team leader, has instructed the message posted on page 3 of the timing screen to be dismissed as an error.
“He insisted that in this case, the other team had enough time (11 minutes) to carry out a running plan.
“Also, Meadows, the team’s sports director, did not attend the event and usually mentioned that he would participate in the release process.
“The FIA single sitter sports director says that such a move can be a sports advantage in that the team can carry out an execution plan, but no other team can do it.
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“I agree with this view, especially if there are only a few minutes left in the session.
“The FIA sports director insisted that sports penalty is needed rather than a team fines, otherwise, the estimated restart time of the team will be released and the car will be released as soon as it is posted.
“SHOVLIN insisted that if the steward declares that it should not be preceded, it should be a penalty rather than a sports if the sports penalty should be relaxed.
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“The steamers agreed to the view that the violation was needed, but this violation was the true mistake of the unintended team, and SHOVLIN acknowledged the real mistake of the apologized team.
“We decided to impose a one -position grid penalty.
“In other situations, similar violations can lead to more serious sports penalty in the future.”
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OSCAR PIASTRI has secured the pole position of the Bahrain Grand Prix, and George Russell was originally second, Charles Leclerc Third
WOLFF: There is no precedent for this situation
Prior to the grid penalty, Toto Wolf, the principal of the Mercedes team, said there was no precedent for this situation.
“There is no precedent. In that sense, it is a new rules, and we will see what the stewards say,” Wolff said. Sky Sports F1.
“I hope that’s not a punishment driver. It’s a team mistake. We’ve surpassed the gun here.”
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Russell said that if Mercedes received a penalty before the decision was announced, it would be a funny thing.
Russell added: “I’ve never heard of a temporary message before. It’s usually timing, as a team, and as a team, you are waiting for the restart time because you are always ready and rushes from the pit, and as soon as we see that time, we went there and we saw a ‘expected rest time’.
“It means that it took 12 minutes to go in the second quarter. If you get a penalty, it’s quite funny.
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- 12:20 pm: F2 function race
- 2:30 pm: Bahrain GP Build Up: Grand Prix Sunday
- 4pm: Bahrain Grand Prix
- 6 pm: Barain GP reaction: Check pattern flag
- 7:00 pm: TED’s notebook
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