Lewis Hamilton, Lance Stroll, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris are all underneath investigation by System 1’s Spanish Grand Prix stewards following two weird separate collisions in last follow.
With the final working earlier than qualifying important for drivers to nail their set-up and tyre preparation forward of the battle for grid positions, drivers had been looking forward to clear runs.
However there have been two separate incidents when drivers appeared to let their annoyance get the higher of them after seeing good laps ruined.
Within the first incident, which happened at across the 20-minute level of the session, a slow-moving Hamilton by chance bought in the best way of Stroll, who was on a quick lap, by way of Flip 5.
Hamilton instantly apologised on the radio and tried to get out of the Aston Martin driver’s method by way of the nook, however the Canadian moved out in direction of him and the pair made gentle contact on the downhill exit.
Stroll and Hamilton had been each later summoned for an investigation into doubtlessly harmful driving.
Article 33.4 of F1’s Sporting Rules states: “At no time might a automobile be pushed unnecessarily slowly, erratically or in a fashion which might be deemed doubtlessly harmful to different drivers or some other particular person.”
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Photograph by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Pictures
The second incident got here throughout the last runs as Leclerc clearly felt he had been impeded by Norris by way of Flip 5.
Because the duo accelerated out of the nook, with Leclerc’s lap ruined, he was seen swerving left in direction of the McLaren driver as he tried to get out of the best way.
Leclerc’s aggressive transfer was sufficient for him to clip Norris’s entrance wing and the pair have been formally summoned to see the stewards.
Talking on the workforce radio, Norris mentioned: “He simply drove into me. I believe I’ve bought injury.”
A clearly agitated Leclerc mentioned: “F***er. I don’t perceive why they try this.”
Ferrari responded by telling Leclerc that it seemed like Norris had blocked Verstappen as effectively.
In one other separate incident that happened at Flip 7 simply second later, Verstappen was pressured to run broad to keep away from contact with the slow-moving Norris, which was famous by the stewards.
Nonetheless, following a assessment it was felt that no additional investigation was warranted.
