US EditionBoth Williams Cars Disqualified From F1 Singapore GP Qualifying for Technical Breach
Williams faces disqualification after both cars exceeded the 85mm rear wing DRS gap limit, risking starting the Singapore Grand Prix from the back of the grid.
- On Sunday, Williams Racing faced possible double disqualification after both cars failed DRS rear wing checks, with FIA Formula One Technical Delegate Jo Bauer referring the case to the stewards.
- FIA measurements showed the DRS on both cars exceeded the 85 mm maximum gap, breaching TR Article 3.10.10 g., and the matter was referred to the stewards.
- Checks on cars 23 and 55 revealed their uppermost rear wing elements exceeded 85 mm, and Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, and a Williams team representative were summoned to a stewards' hearing at 11:30pm local time.
- If disqualified, both drivers' qualifying times would be scrubbed and they would start Sunday's race from the back of the grid, as Haas did at the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix.
- James Vowles, Williams team principal, said the team is urgently investigating, accepted the FIA assessment, and recalled Alex Albon's Dutch Grand Prix disqualification last year.
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Strong setback for Williams in Singapore. Both cars have to start from behind after a disqualification. That's behind it.
After qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, the FIA disqualified Williams because of its DRS mission. It is said that Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz will be competing from positions 19 and 20 on Sunday. Albon had reached 12th place in qualifying, but Sainz was 13th. Now the two start from the far back! The FIA's reasoning: "The technical acceptance after qualifying found that the rear wing of the vehicles did not meet the technical requirements.…
Actually Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz wanted to drive around points on Sunday in Singapore. But this is getting harder than expected.
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