After an exciting Belgian F1 GP in which George Russell won the game with a better strategy against his teammate Lewis Hamilton and Oscar Piastri, all the alarms went off: George Russell could be -disqualify and lose the victory achieved at Spa-Francorchamps, which will be his partner Hamilton.
The FIA reported after the end of the race that George Russell’s car, once the remaining fuel was removed from the tank, did not meet the minimum weight in technical inspections conducted by the International Automobile Federation after the Belgian trial. Therefore, the FIA announced George Russell’s failure to comply with article 4.1 of the F1 technical regulations. Therefore, the stewards must investigate what happened and make a decision on the final result of the race.
The full statement from the FIA:
“After the race, car number 63 was weighed and its weight was 798.0 kg, which is the minimum weight required by article 4.1 of the TR. After that, the fuel was drained from the car and 2, 8 liters of fuel. The car was not completely emptied in accordance with the emptying procedure presented by the team in its legality documents, since article 6.5.2 of the TR complied with the car again on the internal scales and the weight is 796.5 kg.
Since this weight is 1.5 kg less than the minimum weight required in article 4.1 of the regulations, which must also be respected at all times during the competition, I refer this matter to the administrators for their consideration – for.”
What does Article 4.1 say?
Article 4.1 of the Formula 1 technical regulation states the following: “Minimum mass: The mass of the car, without fuel, must not be less than 798kg, at all times during the competition. If, at the time of verification, a car is not equipped with dry tires , its mass will be determined using a set of dry tires chosen by the FIA technical delegate”.
According to this article, George Russell’s car should be disqualified because it failed to comply with the regulations.
Source: La Verdad
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