P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Alpine’s Pierre Gasly has been disqualified from qualifying for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix due to a technical infringement. Gasly finished 13th during Saturday’s qualifying session, but that was jeopardised by the FIA’s Formula 1 Technical Delegate Jo Bauer post-session checks. Bauer found Gasly’s Alpine to have “exceeded the instantaneous fuel mass flow” in […]
Gasly’s 13th place finish in Saturday’s qualifying session was jeopardized by the FIA’s finding that his Alpine exceeded the permitted fuel mass flow, leading to disqualification by the Race Stewards in Baku. The stewards’ decision was based on Car 10 exceeding the fuel limit on the final lap of Q2, with no performance advantage claimed by the team. Consequently, Gasly will start from the back of the field for Sunday’s race, promoting Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu to 19th on the grid and moving up other drivers behind Gasly in qualifying. These developments compound Alpine’s challenges after Esteban Ocon’s early exit in Q1.
