The stewards have given George Russell a three-place grid penalty for the Austrian Grand Prix after the stewards ruled he “unnecessarily impeded” Daniil Kvyat.
Kvyat had to abandon his final flying lap in Q1 after catching Russell at turn nine. The Toro Rosso driver was forced wide onto the run-off at speed.After speaking to both drivers the stewards ruled Russell “unnecessarily impeded car 26 [Kvyat] after the apex of turn nine.”
Russell had not been informed of Kvyat’s approach early enough, the stewards determined.
“Car 63 [Russell] was not given the requisite warning by the team in a timely fashion about car 26 approaching on a fast lap,” they noted.
“Furthermore, the situation was compounded by car 23 overtaking car 63 during a slow lap, just before the incident in question.”
Russell has also been given the first endorsement point on his licence.
This article will be updated.
Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and
2019 F1 season
- Crying in the Melbourne car park at 2019 grand prix was my career low – Ocon
- McLaren Racing reports reduced £71 million loss in 2019
- Kvyat: Hockenheim podium last year was “my biggest achievement” so far
- How the FIA’s new encrypted fuel flow meter targets Ferrari’s suspected ‘aliasing’ trick
- “He smashed my office door”: 23 must-see moments from ‘Drive to Survive’ season two
BasCB (@bascb)
29th June 2019, 16:50
endorsement point??
Phylyp (@phylyp)
29th June 2019, 16:51
@bascb – “Good job, you’re making the same mistakes as top-tier drivers” ;)
BasCB (@bascb)
29th June 2019, 16:59
:-) @phylyp
anon
29th June 2019, 21:20
@bascb, I think many are suspecting that those will be the only points that either Williams driver has a chance of picking up this season…
Esploratore (@esploratore)
30th June 2019, 2:32
Ahah, guess you’re right!
Gulp
29th June 2019, 16:51
Surely a timed penalty starting from the pitlane would make more sense…
Esploratore (@esploratore)
30th June 2019, 2:33
Shh, williams is far behind enough already, even if you don’t give them a meaningful penalty!
Phylyp (@phylyp)
29th June 2019, 16:52
Williams just don’t want to leave that last row alone, do they? Let’s hope Kubica can stay ahead of Russell this time on merit.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
29th June 2019, 17:36
Haha :)
Dee (@bulsie)
29th June 2019, 18:37
Kvyat has rotten luck. Hope his race goes better.
xman
30th June 2019, 0:03
That a noob
Sergey Martyn
30th June 2019, 6:23
This was a first time I hear Kvyat’s radio exchange was bleeped – from the car camera it was real scary.