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Antonelli risks grid drop as stewards launch Hungarian GP qualifying investigation
FIA stewards said Antonelli made an insufficient speed reduction under yellow flags and added a penalty point after qualifying.
- On Saturday, Formula 1 world championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli received a three-place grid drop for failing to slow sufficiently under yellow flags during Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying, demoting him from fourth to seventh for Sunday's race.
- Stewards penalized the Italian driver after determining his speed reduction during Max Verstappen's Q3 spin was "insufficient and unsustained," with telemetry showing he was 3 km/h faster passing the incident site than previously.
- Separately, officials issued a warning to the Mercedes pilot for driving unnecessarily slowly between safety car lines, adding a single penalty point to his license for a total of four.
- Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton also faced scrutiny for allegedly impeding Oscar Piastri during qualifying, while Red Bull's Verstappen moves up to fifth on the grid.
- Ahead of Sunday's race, Antonelli maintains a 45-point advantage over Hamilton, though stewards distinguished this incident from prior cases where no further action resulted.
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Like Lewis Hamilton but for another reason, the Italian was punished with a step back on the starting grid.
·Paris, France
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Ferrari's English punctuated for impeding on Plates, the leader of the World Championship for an infringement under yellow flag regime: they will leave fifth and seventh. Leclerc in the front row next to Norris, then the Australian and Verstappen
·Turin, Italy
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