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George Russell gets five place grid penalty, other drivers are acquitted
The stewards were busy during and after qualification, with several incidents that needed to be investigated. In the end only George Russell was punished. During qualifying, Lewis Hamilton ended up in the gravel pit, after which he swung back onto the track and took quite a few stones with him. In order not to cause any accidents yellow flags were waved, but according to the stewards these were ignored by George Russell. By ignoring the flags he was able to advance to Q2. This is charged to the driver and as a result he gets a grid penalty of no less than five places. Read more Verstappen: 'Even 35 degrees wouldn't have made a difference' Other drivers not punished In addition, a lot...
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