Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is also facing an investigation following qualifying at the Losail International Circuit.&nꦍbsp;

Yellow flags were waved at the end of Q3 for a slowing Pierre Gasly after the AlphaTauri driver suffered front wing damage and a pun🐈cture after running wide at Turn 15 on his final lap of qualify✃ing. 

Sainz will visit the stewards ahea🍷d of Sunday’s inaugural race at 1.30pm local time (10.30am GMT), 30 minutes after Verstappen’s own hearing. 

Bottas will then head to the stewards' of𒅌fice at 1.45pm, just over three hours before the s꧒tart of the race. 

While Ve𝓰rstappen has been summoned for allegedly failing to respect double waved yellows, Sainz and Bottas' alleged offences relate to a single waved yellow flag. 

Bottas qualified third on the 🅺grid behind Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton and Verstappen, while Sainz was seventh fastest.&nbཧsp;