More woe for Daniel Ricciardo as Miami grid drop looms after Safety Car overtake

Daniel Riꩲcciardo will serve a three-place grid drop at the next F1 race in Miami.

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) RB. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai, China, Sprint and Qualifying
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) RB. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai,…

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo has been handed a three-place grid drop for overtaking under the Safety Car during the F1 Chinese Grand Prix.

The RB driver was found to have overtaken 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas during a Safety Car period in Shanghai.

Ricciardo was forced to retire due to damage sustained to his car when he was run into from behind by Aston Martin’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll, meani🥃ng he was unable to serve the usual 10-second time penalty.

As a result, the penalty wil💞l be carried over to the Miami Grand Prix, where it will be convert♋ed into a three-place grid penalty.

🐲Ricciardo has also picked up two penal🥃ty points on his licence for the incident.

It marks the latest blow for the Australian who is yet to score a point so꧂ far in what has been a difficult start to the campaign.

The stewards verdict in full

“The Stewards heard from the driver of Car ​3 (Daniel Ricciardo), the driver of Car ​27 (Nico Hulkeꦡnberg), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, team radio and in-car video evidence and determined that Car 3 overtook Car 27 while the race was under Safety Car conditions.

“The driver of Car 3 admitted that he overtook Car 27 deliberately but he explained that he felt that he could do so because Car 27 had overtaken ♓him under safety car before on Lap 28. We note that Car 27 was permitted to overtake Car 3 on Lap 28 because of Article 55.8.

“There was no justifiable basis for Car 3 to overtake Car 27 while the race was under Safety Car conditions. We accordingly imposed a 10 s♚econd time penalty o💝n Car 3. As Car 3 was unable to serve the penalty due to retirement, we imposed a 3-grid place penalty to Car 3 for the next race in which the driver participates.” 

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