Verstappen also had two penalty points imposed, taking his tally to four for a 12-month period. The stewards found that Verstappen had failed to respect double yellow waved flags after AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly had stopped on the pit straight with a broken front wing and puncture. In another stewards' decision, Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was cleared of an alleged flag breach and no further action was taken. Verstappen is 14 points clear of Hamilton with three races remaining.ĭefending champions Mercedes lead Red Bull by 11 points in the constructors' standings. Verstappen, 24, had qualified on the front row with seven-time world champion Hamilton taking pole position for Mercedes but the Dutch driver will now start seventh.ĪlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly joins Hamilton on the front row instead, while Bottas drops only to fifth due to Verstappen's penalty. They also gave Hamilton's Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas a three-place penalty for failing to respect warning flags in qualifying. Formula One stewards handed a five-place grid drop to Red Bull's championship leader Max Verstappen at the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday in a blow to his hopes of beating title rival Lewis Hamilton in the race.
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