Grosjean handed three-place grid drop for impeding Norris
Romain Grosjꦐean has been hit with a three-place grid penalty for impeding Lando Norris during Formul🥀a 1 qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
McLaren’s 🌟Norris was coming to the end of his first flying lap in Q1 when he mꦑet a slow Grosjean at the final corner.
The Haas driver failed to ge🔜t out of the way sufficiently and sub♑sequently held up Norris, earning him a three-place grid drop in Bahrain.
Romain Grosjean has been hit with a three-place grid 𒀰penalty for impeding Lando Norris during Formula 1 qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
McLaren’s Norris was coming to the end of his firs🍬t flying lap in Q1 when he met a slow Grosjean at the final corner.&ღnbsp;
The Haas driv📖er failed to get out of the way sufficiently and subsequently held 🦄up Norris, earning him a three-place grid drop in Bahrain.
“The driver of car eight [Grosjean] stated that he was about to commence a push lap when he was overtaken by car five [Sebastian Vettel] and th🏅us slowed significantly to maintain a sufficient gap,” an FIA statement read.
“He was not advised by the team of the rapid approach of car four [Norris], which was on a push lap. The speed differential was 136 km/h at the point where car four had to take avoiding 🐻action.
“The stewards accept that the driver of car ✱8 did not intentionally intend to impede, however it is the driver’s responsibility to be aware, when travelling abnormally slowly, that faster cars may be approaching.”
Grosjean, who qu𝐆alified eighth on the grid, will now start from 11th, moving Kimi Raikkonen up to eighth, Norris up to nܫinth and Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo inside the top ten.
The Frenchman also picked u🦩p a penalty point for his actions, meaning he has moved on to eight for the current 12-month period and is just four away from a potential race ban.
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