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The FIA stewards have taken Oscar Piastri off the front row for the F1 grand prix at Imola, deeming his McLaren team culpable in Kevin Magnussen’s Q1 misfortune
Oscar Piastri lost his front row start position for the Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix due to a three-place grid penalty for impeding Kevin Magnussen during qualifying. Magnussen was hindered by Piastri’s McLaren at the Variante Tamburello chicane during the critical final runs of Q1. Despite Piastri’s explanation that he could not see Magnussen until it was too late, the stewards determined that McLaren did not warn Piastri early enough to avoid impeding. As a result, Piastri will now start fifth on the grid, with his teammate Lando Norris on the front row alongside Max Verstappen. McLaren team boss Andrea Stella accepted the penalty, acknowledging the need to improve operations and aiming to recover lost positions on race day. Magnussen expressed frustration over the incident, marking the fourth or fifth time this year that traffic negatively impacted his qualifying performance.
