Charles Leclerc drops out of points after track limits penalty, Lance Stroll also penalised
Track limits have been a hot topic in Qatar, with the FIA making 🌌alterations overnight to the track after Pirelli found tears in its tyres.
Leclerc and Stroll exceeded track lꦏimits oꩵn four separate occasions in the sprint race on Saturday.
As a result, both drivers w⭕ere hit with five-second penalties.
The Ferrari driver had finished seventh on track, but the💛 penalty dropped him to 12th.
Stroll was 13th but classified 15th after the penalty was 🅠🦋applied.
The stewards noted with both Leclerc and Stroll: “The car left the track on four (4) occasions without justifiable reason.ꦉ”
Leclerc was one 💛of the few drivers to start on the race on the softs, hanging onto a top eight finish after his tyres degraded in the closing laps.
Summarising his race, 🍌he said: “We lost out towards the end,” he said. “I think we were also quite lucky🎃 there was that many Safety Cars. But at the end we knew that it was going to be a difficult race.”
“With the soft it was very tricky🍌 at the end,” he added. “The start was good, the first few laps were good but then after that we knew it was going t💫o be a bit more difficult compared to the medium runners, which was the case.”
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