Aston Martin protests result of Austrian Grand Prix

The Aston Martin F1 crew has protested the results of the Austrian Grand Prix, claiming “a lot of automobiles” weren’t penalised for exceeding observe limits.

Seven drivers acquired penalties for repeatedly going past the white strains that outline the bounds of the observe throughout Sunday’s race, with race management deleting in extra of 100 laps in complete on account of drivers straying large.

Underneath F1’s laws, drivers obtain a warning after exceeding observe limits 3 times, adopted by a penalty for the fourth transgression.

Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Logan Sargeant, Yuki Tsunoda, Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton and Kevin Magnussen all acquired in-race or post-race five-second penalties for observe limits.

Nevertheless, Aston Martin believes different drivers ought to have been penalised through the race however slipped by means of the online. Its two drivers, Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, completed sixth and tenth.

After Aston Martin lodged a protest towards the outcomes, the stewards summoned a consultant of the crew and issued the next assertion: “The Stewards, having develop into conscious of the existence of a lot of deleted laps (as a consequence of exceeding observe limits) that have been drawn to our consideration after the receipt of the protest, have requested Race Management to carry out a reconciliation of all deleted laps with penalties utilized.”

A profitable protest may see additional penalties utilized to the outcomes of the Austrian Grand Prix.