Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc was disqualified from the race this Sunday at F1 United States GPseeing his result achieved on the track annulled, due to non-compliance with a required aspect in the technical tests carried out by the FIA after the race.
Lewis Hamilton finished 2nd ahead of Norris and Sainz. While Leclerc became 6th. With the exclusion of the two confirmed, the final result of the United States GP changed. After the winner, Verstappen, Lando Norris finished (2nd), Carlos Sainz (3rd), ‘Checo’ Pérez (4th), George Russell (5th), Pierre Gasly (6th), Lance Stroll (7th), Yuki Tsunoda (8th), Alex Albon (9th) and Logan Sargeant (10th).
After the race, the stewards requested a display of representatives of Ferrari and of Mercedes for non-compliance with article 3.5.9 e) of the FIA technical regulations on the vehicles of the aforementioned drivers. That’s the article that talks about the dimensions of the wooden planks found under the car, in the background.
What the regulations say
“The thickness of the normal measured board set on the bottom surface shall be 10mm ± 0.2mm and shall be uniform when new. A minimum thickness of 9 mm will be accepted for wear, checking compliance with this provision around designated holes”, expressing the point of regulation mentioned by the commissioners.
That is, what the article indicates is very clear: the wood must have a size of 10mm and, due to the damage due to the possible contact of this board with the ground, it is allowed to be 1 millimeter less thick at the end of the quote . If it is more worn, the car does not comply with the technical regulations of F1 and should be disqualified because it is not within the permitted values. And so it was done to Leclerc and Hamilton, without discussion.
Austin and its potholes
The Austin track, where the United States GP was held this Sunday, is always a headache for all the teams. This is because of its many holes.
The priority goal of the free practice teams coming into Austin was to find the perfect compromise between lowering the height of the car as much as possible to gain aerodynamic load, but at the same time, ensuring that the ground touches the asphalt as little as possible to avoid a rebound. , and above all, prevent the bottom plates from excessive wear by rubbing asphalt and curbs.
Teams want to try to prevent the bottom floors from collapsing more than is allowed, and that could fail Mercedes and Ferrari with Hamilton and Leclerc.
Heavy blow for Hamilton
Hamilton’s disqualification was a severe blow for him. He finished the race with a big smile because of the step forward his car had taken with the course’s latest evolution package. But also, throughout the weekend he deducted many points from Pérez in the fight for the runner-up position, leaving him only 19 points behind the Mexican.
Upon disqualification, Hamilton lost the 18 points he added on Sunday and Pérez added another 2 points to gain the spot. Lewis was 39 points behind the Mexican in the World Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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