Max Verstappen did a incredible job of mitigating the harm in Saturday’s F1 Dash Race on the São Paulo Grand Prix, climbing as much as a third-place end to carry Lando Norris to only a two-point acquire on him within the System 1 Drivers’ Championship standings.
Nonetheless, that result’s now in peril because the Crimson Bull driver has been summoned to satisfy with race officers in São Paulo for a possible security automotive infringement.
Within the closing phases of Saturday’s F1 Dash Race Haas driver Nico Hülkenberg pulled off the racing line and into the grass, as his VF-24 appeared to undergo a mechanical failure. Smoke had been seen popping out the again of Hülkenberg’s automotive within the moments earlier than. That introduced out a yellow flag initially, because the Haas driver tried to get his automotive right into a safer place.
That was when McLaren bought the window they wanted to swap Oscar Piastri — who began in pole place and maintained the lead into the closing laps — and Norris on the entrance of the grid. Shortly after the change was made, race officers known as for a Digital Security Automotive, giving Verstappen an opportunity to maybe work by Piastri and put Norris beneath strain when racing resumed.
Nonetheless, now race officers are taking a look at that inexperienced flag restart, which you’ll be able to see right here:
Because the racing resumed on the ultimate lap, Verstappen pulled alongside Piastri for a second, earlier than falling again in line behind the Australian driver. As James Hinchcliffe famous within the above clip, the timing of that transfer — and when Verstappen was given the inexperienced flag — is in query.
Verstappen has been summoned to satisfy with race stewards at 12:45 p.m. native time:
At query is Article 56.5 of the F1 Sporting Laws, which reads as follows:
All competing automobiles should scale back pace and keep above the minimal time set by the FIA ECU no less than as soon as in every marshalling sector and at each the primary and second security automotive traces (a marshalling sector is outlined because the part of monitor between every of the FIA gentle panels).
All automobiles should even be above this minimal time when the FIA gentle panels change to inexperienced (see Article 56.7 beneath).
When initiated throughout the dash session or a race, the stewards might impose any of the penalties beneath Article 54.3a), 54.3b), 54.3c) or 54.3d) on any driver who fails to remain above the minimal time as required by the above.
The penalties outlined in these articles embrace each a five-second penalty and a ten-second penalty. These are the provisional outcomes of the F1 Dash on Saturday in Brazil:
A five-second penalty would drop Verstappen all the way down to fourth, selling Charles Leclerc to P3. A ten-second penalty would drop Verstappen all the way down to fifth, selling each Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr.
This implies this listening to, and choice, might additionally impression the standings in each the Drivers’ Championship race, in addition to the Constructors’ Championship.
