Nico Hulkenberg has been stripped of his F1 front-row start in the CanadianGP 😱 He drove too quickly under the red flag for Oscar Piastri's crash – get the full story 👇
In the official documentation supplied by the stewards, the FIA noted:"The driver had just finished his fastest lap and had started another push lap. He was at T1 when the red flag was displayed, however at that point he was already 1.5 seconds over his delta time.
"He claimed this made it extremely difficult for him to come below the delta in the next sector. He also admitted to confusion about the beep signal in his headset, and therefore at one stage thought he was going too slow. "Comparison of telemetry with that of Car 31 showed that in general for the rest of the lap he was approximately the same speed as Car 31 which complied with the delta times in each mini-sector. We regard this as a mitigating circumstance."However, the regulation is very clear and whilst there is no question of the driver acting dangerously or driving unsafely, there was a breach and thus a penalty has to be imposed.
"We note the intention of the regulation is to ensure a car is not speeding during a red flag situation and there is no evidence that the speed was excessive in this case. We also note that the driver should make himself more familiar with the operational aspects of the delta signals." Radio traffic between Hulkenberg and race engineer Gary Gannon unveiled confusion between the two over the delta time.Red flag, red flag. Need to be plus on delta time, plus on delta time.Okay so, Piastri - go to mode"slow", just charge on. Piastri crashed on the exit of T7, Piastri is on the left, exit of seven so watch for Piastri.You should be positive now. Plus, so you need to slow down.
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