Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc’s car bottoms were against the rules in Austin. For Hamilton, the rejection is a big setback in the battle for World Championship silver.
Austin F1 Jury has rejected superstars Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc for the same reason. According to the F1 jury, there were irregularities in the bottoms of Hamilton and Leclerc’s car. Hamilton was second in the Austin race and was driving for Red Bull Sergio Perez in the battle for second place in the World Series.
The rejection is a hard blow for Hamilton, as he also had zero points in the previous race in Qatar after crashing with a teammate of George Russell with.
Leclerc started the race from pole, but fell to sixth in the final results.
With the rejections of McLaren Lando Norris comes second and Carlos Sainz grabs the final podium finish in third. Perez rises to fourth and, despite the criticized actions of recent times, secures his position in the World Cup silver battle.
Disqualifications are also a sore point for seventh place in the team championship battle with Williams Valtteri Bottas For Alfa Romeo.
After the rejection of two star drivers, Williams gets both drivers in the points. Alex Albon is ninth. For Logan Sargeant registers the first point of his F1 career from tenth place.
The illegal cars of Hamilton and Leclerc were noticed when the technical team of the FIA, the international motor sports federation, investigated the wear of the car’s soles. The teams explained to the judges the wear and tear on Austin’s bouncy track and sprint weekend schedules. According to the teams, during the sprint weekend there is little time to make adjustments to the cars and check them before the race.
However, according to the F1 jury, it is the competitors’ responsibility that the cars comply with the rules throughout the race weekend. According to the F1 jury, the wear on the soles of the cars exceeded the permitted limit values.
Hamilton had a new layout in his car. It was supposed to be Mercedes’ last major update to the car this season.
– At this point, Mercedes brought a new solution to the bottom of the car that worked remarkably well throughout the year. There was an attempt to downplay it from within the team, but it was clearly the deciding factor this weekend, Urheilu’s F1 expert Jukka Mildh stated before knowledge of rejection.