George Russell will lose his grid place of sixth and begin the USA Grand Prix from the pit lane after Mercedes needed to make adjustments to his automotive following his qualifying crash.
Mercedes introduced an upgraded flooring to Austin for each Russell and team-mate Lewis Hamilton, however wouldn’t have any spare variations of the brand new components.
The workforce confirmed to Sky Sports activities F1 on Sunday morning that Russell, who severely broken his automotive with a heavy crash at Flip 19, has due to this fact needed to revert to a earlier specification of the W15, which leads to a breach of parc ferme circumstances and a pit lane begin.
The FIA have but to formally verify Russell’s pit lane begin however will accomplish that earlier than the start of the race, which is reside on Sky Sports activities F1 at 8pm.
Hamilton, who endured a disastrous qualifying as he completed nineteenth, is now set to start out from seventeenth, with RB’s Liam Lawson relegated to the again of the grid as a consequence of penalties for exceeding his engine half allowance.
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Lewis Hamilton drops out of Q1 at the USA Grand Prix
Hamilton stated after qualifying that he would take into account ranging from the pit lane so as to alter his setup in an try to enhance his tempo, however Mercedes at present seem to have chosen to maintain the seven-time world champion beginning on the grid.
On account of Russell’s pit lane begin, Pierre Gasly is promoted to sixth on the grid – the best beginning place for an Alpine driver this season.
Lando Norris is ranging from pole because the McLaren driver seeks to cut back Max Verstappen’s 54-point world championship lead, with the Pink Bull driver becoming a member of the Brit on the entrance row.
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