Mercedes averted a penalty on the Las Vegas Grand Prix regardless of not submitting set-up sheets for both automobile earlier than qualifying.
The Silver Arrows had been summoned to the stewards after FIA technical consultant Joe Bauer identified that the workforce had failed to offer documentation for George Russell and Kimi Antonelli’s automobiles in Las Vegas.
“As of 8:12 p.m., Mercedes had not but submitted set-up sheets for each automobiles,” Bauer’s doc mentioned.
Article 40.1 of the FIA F1 Sporting Laws states: “Every competitor should present the technical consultant with suspension set-up sheets for each automobiles earlier than leaving the pit lane for the primary time throughout dash qualifying classes and qualifying classes.”
Nevertheless, Mercedes licensed that the paperwork weren’t supplied in time as a result of “IT safety points” and he was fired.
“Though the FIA didn’t obtain the set-up sheet electronically throughout the specified time, the groups had been capable of fulfill the stewards, utilizing a duplicate of the related e-mail, that the sheet was emailed to the suitable division on the FIA however was not acquired throughout the specified time as a result of IT safety points,” the stewards mentioned.
Russell certified for Spherical 4 of Sunday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, however Antonelli solely managed a time of seventeenth on the grid and was eradicated from Q1.
Carlos Sainz will wait in uncertainty whether or not he’ll be capable to keep third place after being referred to as out for an incident with Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll throughout qualifying.
Williams was additionally referred to stewards for failing to electronically return a required set of intermediate tires after ultimate follow.
