Piastri Hit with Three-Place Italian GP Grid Penalty for Impeding Lawson
Piastri faces a stewards' review after Lawson said a slow McLaren blocked his final Q2 lap and affected the qualifying order.
- McLaren driver Oscar Piastri faces an FIA stewards investigation following an impeding incident with Red Bull's Liam Lawson during Italian Grand Prix qualifying at Monza.
- During Q2, Liam Lawson encountered Oscar Piastri's slow-moving McLaren at the Turn 1/2 chicane while pursuing his final lap to reach Q3, forcing stewards to flag the incident immediately.
- Alpine driver Pierre Gasly secured pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, with Mercedes' George Russell on the front row and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc completing the grid's top finishers.
- Championship leader Kimi Antonelli and Williams driver Alex Albon entered qualifying facing back-of-the-grid penalties due to engine changes, compounding the grid reshuffling at Monza.
- The final grid lineup remains subject to the FIA stewards' verdict on Piastri's impeding investigation before the Italian Grand Prix race begins, with multiple penalties already reshaping the starting order.
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Oscar Piastre will start the Italian Grand Prix from sixth position after FIA stewards handed him a three-place grid penalty for obstructing Liam Lawson's fast lap. The McLaren driver qualified third but the penalty sent him three places down the grid. The incident occurred during the third qualifying session as Piastre was returning to the track after exiting the pit lane. The stewards said the Australian was warned that Max Verstappen, Liam La…
Writing sports, 5 Sep (EFE).- The Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren), who had been third in the qualification of the Italian Grand Prix, the 13th of the Formula One World Championship, which is contested in the Monza circuit, has been sanctioned with the loss of three grilling positions and will be released, for that reason, from the [...] The entry Piastri loses three posts by sanction and leaves sixth in Monza was first published in HolaNews.
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