Hulkenberg to see FIA Stewards with Italian GP Q3 under investigation
Updated: Nico Hulkenberg, Carlos Sainz and Lance Stroll have all been requested to see the FIA Stewards for allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly during Q3.
Nico Hulkenberg will meet the FIA Stewards following his rolဣe in the Italian Grand Prix qualifying incident in the closing stages ofꦡ Q3 which is under investigation by the F1 governing body.

Updated: Nico Hulkenberg, Carlos Sainz and Lance Stroll have all been requested to see the FIA Stewards for allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly during Q3.
Nico Hulkenberg will meet the FIA Stewards following his rol🔜e in♉ the Italian Grand Prix qualifying incident in the closing stages of Q3 which is under investigation by the F1 governing body.
After Kimi Raikkonen’s crash triggered a red flag suspension midway through Q3, all drivers left in the final qualifying session opted to wait until the last moment to leave the pit𒈔s to start their final lap.
But with all drivers desperate to gain a tow none of them wante𒁏d to lead on the track which created the situation of all drivers backing up waiting for others to overtake.
Only Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc made it to the start/finish line to begin their final lap before the chequered flag was shown, meaning a🌼ll other drivers were timed out, which is now being investigat♒ed by the FIA Stewards.
Hulkenberg was first on track when exiting the pits but opted to miss the first corner chicane on his out lap, going around the escape road, and has duly been requested to see the FIA St🔜ewards after allegedly breaching F1 rules over leaving the track without a justifiable reason.
The Renault driver puts the “weird and strange” situation down to everyone in Q3 hunting a tow from a rival which has become height𓂃ened in recent seasons because the current era of F1 carꦉs are so sensitive to the tow.
“We are all looking for a tow because if you want to dᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo the ultimate fastest lap time that is what you need from around do🌜 here as the tow is so powerful,” Hulkenberg, who has provisionally qualified in sixth place, said.
“When you drive on your own you lose out on the straig🎐hts and you can’t make up that time in the corners so that is why we ended up with these conditions. To some extent it is also down to these cars as the tow effect is massive but of course it was a bit weird and strange, that last out lap.
“Everybody starts slowing down, that’s the thing with nobody wanting to be first on the t꧑rain. That’s what you g💦et.”