Pierre Gasly has been disqualified from today's qualifying session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for exceeding the instantaneous fuel mass flow limit. The stewards heard from Alpine team representatives including the Sporting Director and the engineer involved, and the FIA Technical Delegate along with the FIA Engineers managing the measurements and data from the car. Gasly was summoned in order to give him the opportunity to provide a defence, but he did not attend the hearing. The Technical Delegate reported that Gasly's car exceeded the permitted 100Kg/h fuel mass flow on the final timed lap of Q2. The team representatives explained that they had an unexpected short duration technical...
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