The FIA ​​disqualified Esteban Ocon: How was the grill in Baku?

ByDavid Mitchell
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The starting grid of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix suffered a modification after the technical review after the cloisification: Esteban Ocon was disqualified and will start from the bottom.

After a long day, with six red flags over two hours of action, it was finished confirming what the starting grid will be this Sunday in Baku. What happened? As reported by the FIA, a deflection test of the tip of the prinicpal plane of the rear wing of the Haas de Ocon determined that The values ​​exceeded the permitted deflection of 0.5 millimeters (0.6 mm on the left side and 0.825 mm on the right side).

For this reason, the French pilot and the Haas engineering chief were summoned by the sports commissioners to declare and, after the corresponding analysis, determined the disqualification of the OCON classificationfor the breach of article 3.15.17 of the Technical Regulations of the FIA.

From a request from the American team, #31 may run this Sunday in Azerbaiyan, but It will start lasttwo positions behind what stipulated by the qualy. The beneficiaries? Pierre Gasly, from Alpine, and Alex Albon, of Williams, which will be in the 18th and 19th positions, respectively.

This was the starting grid at the Azerbaijan GP

The commissioners had an extension day for the disqualification of Ocon and the investigations to Nico Hülkenberg and Kimi Antonelli, for raping yellow flags, and finally it was confirmed how the parrila was in the street circuit of Baku.

  1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

  2. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

  3. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)

  4. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

  5. George Russell (Mercedes)

  6. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)

  7. Lando Norris (McLaren)

  8. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)

  9. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

  10. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

  11. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

  12. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

  13. Gabriel Bortoleto (Kick Sauber)

  14. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

  15. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

  16. Franco Colapint (Alpine)

  17. Nico Hülkenberg (Kick Sauber)

  18. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

  19. Alexander Albon (Williams)

  20. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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