Max Verstappen demoted to fourth with penalty for VSC breach

Ma🌠x Verstappen handed📖 five-second penalty for VSC infringement in Brazil sprint race, dropping him to fourth.

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has been hit with a five-second time penalty for a Virtual Safety Car rules breach during the F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint race. 

The penalty has demoted Verstappen, who finished third on the road, to fourth place and behind Ferrari's Charles Lecler🌜c. 

It means t💦he Red Bull driver has dropped another point to title rival Lando Norris, who was handed victory in the sprint by teammate Oscar Piastri following a McLaren team order.

Vers🧸tappen now leads Norris by 44 points with four grands prix and one sprint r✨ace remaining. 

The Dutchman will serve a five-place grid drop in Sunday's g💞rand prix after moving onto hiꦚs sixth internal combustion engine of the year.

Verstap🔜ꦍpen has also had a penalty point applied to his licence. 

"Article 56.5 states in parꦅt “All cars must also be above this minimum time when the FIA light panels change to green.” The driver was 0.63 seconds below the minimum time at VSC End when the FIA light panels changed to green," the stewards report said. 

"This indicates a s📖porting advantage gained under VSC. The driver explained that as he was awaiting VSC to end and he got the notification that he was below the minimum time, he attempted to correct the error but failed to🐎 do so by the point that the panels turned geen. This is a breach and the standard penalty is applied for the advantage gained at that time.

"The net effect of this put the driver ahead of where he was at the start of the VSC and not as a result🎀 of the car in front falling back."

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