Max Verstapppen has secured his sixth pole position of the season in the Red Bull region and will start the race first. Austrian Grand Prix Sunday. However, this privileged position was jeopardized as the Dutch driver was summoned to testify in front of FIA officials due to an incident. Kevin Magnussen during Q1. Finally, it is not penalized and the order in the grid is preserved.
According to the statement made by the FIA, the Dutch driver would have blocked the Danish at Turn 1. first qualifying round. Camera footage shows Max slowly exiting the first lap as Magnussen starts his fastest lap and loses time as he has to maneuver around Red Bull. In any event, he was eliminated due to Dane’s lap overstepping the limits of the track.
Verstappen took the risk five position penalty This would leave the pole position in the hands of Charles Leclerc, who finished second in qualifying and won in his Ferrari at Red Bull’s home a year earlier. But it didn’t.
The FIA’s rating is as follows:
“The officers listened to the driver of the 1st car (maximum verstappen), to the driver of car number 20 (Kevin Magnussen), team representatives, and data examined from the positioning system, video, timing, telemetry, team radio, and video evidence.”
“The driver of car number 1 stated that after crossing the finish line at the end of his lap, he saw an approaching car and was moving left after exiting Turn 1. The driver of car number 20 stated that he should have moved left. lost fast lap“.
“The commissioners determined, video proofHe said car 20 was touching the curb in Turn 1, which caused a slight change in acceleration, resulting in a slightly slower time in the next mini-sectors.”
“The directors also decided that car 20 did not need to take any major action. We also noted that the lap time of car 20 was later deleted (due to). crossing the limits of parts 10 in order) were unrelated to this decision. Any incident is always investigated regardless of other incidents or penalties.”