Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez Handed Grid Penalties After Azerbaijan Grand Prix Qualifying
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The Argentine rider qualified tenth, but for a penalty Sainz will take ninth. George Russell, candidate for Kimi Antonelli's mistake in the standings, will be released from the pole.
Once again, the commissioners ran in F1, after the qualifications, on the city circuit of Baku. So that the initial starting grid was corrected, after the session in question, on this Grand-Prix of Azerbaijan 2026. Because two drivers were pinned by the sports authorities, for having obstructed their comrades from [...] Article F1 – GP of Azerbaijan: the new starting grid after the FIA verdict, which penalises 2 drivers (Sainz, Perez) appeared f…
The Argentine driver of Alpine, Franco Colapinto, advanced a position in the starting grid for the Grand Prix of Azerbaijan of Formula 1 and will finally run from the ninth place this Saturday in the street circuit of Baku; the modification occurred after the sanction imposed by the FIA to the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Williams), [...]
Franco Colapinto, an Argentine Alpine driver, won a position in the start for the Azerbaijan GP of Formula 1, after a FIA sanction to Carlos Sainz (Williams), who had qualified just ahead of him. The Spanish driver had finished the qualy in the ninth position. However, he was under investigation for not reducing the speed before the yellow flags. After the investigation, the FIA decided to sanction him with the loss of five places: from 9° to 14…
Franco Colapinto had ranked d cito in the qualy of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but began the race from the ninth position after a penalty that modified the grid.
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