Kimi Raikkonen to start from the pitlane after qualifying exclusion
Here is why Kimi Raikkonen is forced to relinquish his P9 result from yesterday's qualifying in Baku.
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Kimi Raikkonen joins Pierre Gasly on the list of the excluded drivers from the Azerbaijan GP qualifying.
A team representative of the Alfa Romeo Racing team was summoned to the stewards this morning, as the front wing of car #7 did not comply with the article 3.9.8 of the technical regulations. As reported by the FIA, it deflected more than 5mm under a load of 60N.
Therefore, the Finn from the Swiss-based team will be required to start from the pitlane along with Pierre Gasly, following his disqualification from qualifying, and Robert Kubica, who was the author of a major shunt throughout Q1.
Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi yielded a double Q3 appearance yesterday, scoring the best result for Alfa so far. Giovinazzi managed to fend off his teammate, as he set the 8th quickest time ahead of the Finn, who is now being stripped of his original qualifying spot.
A team representative of the Alfa Romeo Racing team was summoned to the stewards this morning, as the front wing of car #7 did not comply with the article 3.9.8 of the technical regulations. As reported by the FIA, it deflected more than 5mm under a load of 60N.
Therefore, the Finn from the Swiss-based team will be required to start from the pitlane along with Pierre Gasly, following his disqualification from qualifying, and Robert Kubica, who was the author of a major shunt throughout Q1.
Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi yielded a double Q3 appearance yesterday, scoring the best result for Alfa so far. Giovinazzi managed to fend off his teammate, as he set the 8th quickest time ahead of the Finn, who is now being stripped of his original qualifying spot.
