After a chaotic season opener in Australia, the Chinese language Grand Prix additionally featured its justifiable share of drama – with a major quantity of this occurring post-race, when it was confirmed that not one, not two, however three drivers had been disqualified from the classification.
Solely moments after the information arrived that Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly had been removed from the results for car weight breaches, Lewis Hamilton was then hit with the same punishment as a result of rear skid block on his SF-25 being beneath the minimal thickness required within the technical laws, marking a shock double disqualification for the Scuderia.
This isn’t the one event in F1 historical past the place a consequence has been taken away in dramatic circumstances, nevertheless. We’ve been looking again at a few of these earlier incidents, starting from the lack of a house podium on debut via to wins being nullified hours – or generally months – after the chequered flag…
George Russell, 2024 Belgian Grand Prix
Whereas Hamilton confronted his third profession disqualification (extra on which later) in Shanghai, the Briton was a type of to inadvertently profit when his former Mercedes crew mate, George Russell, was disqualified from final 12 months’s Belgian Grand Prix.
Russell had seemingly pulled off a sensational victory at Spa-Francorchamps by nursing his tyres to the end line on a one-stop technique, regardless of being chased by Hamilton behind on brisker rubber proper to the top.
Whereas an elated Russell initially celebrated his victory, a Technical Delegate’s Report launched quickly afterwards confirmed that the British driver’s automobile had been discovered to be 1.5kg under the minimal weight as set out within the technical laws throughout post-race checks.
After the matter was referred to the stewards, Russell was stripped of his consequence and the win subsequently went to Hamilton.
