Decision to strip Aston Martin driver of second place in Hungarian GP stands
Sebastian Vettel was stripped of second place after a required litre of fuel could not be extracted from his Aston Martin. Picture: REUTERSs Hungarian Grand Prix disqualification, a ruling that stretched Lewis Hamilton’s championship lead to eight points.
The disqualification meant Mercedes’ seven-times world champion Hamilton inherited the position and gained two extra points in his battle with Red Bull rival Max Verstappen. It also lifted Ferrari to third place overall, ahead of McLaren, and boosted Williams’s points haul to 10. The stewards said after a video hearing that Aston Martin had discovered a malfunctioning fuel system, “which would have resulted in the ejection of fuel during the race”, was to blame.left in the car, according to their calculations.
“The F1 technical regulations unequivocally calls for a remaining amount of one litre and does not allow any exceptions under which circumstances or for what reasons it could be dispensed with.”
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