Charles Leclerc drops out of points after track limits penalty, Lance Stroll also penalised
Tracಌk limits have been a hot topic in Qatar, with the FIA making alterations overnight to the track after Pirelli fou♏nd tears in its tyres.
Leclerc and Stroll exceeded track limits on four separate occasions in the🍰 sprint race on Saturday.
As a result,൲ both drivers were hit with five-second penalt🍃ies.
The Ferrari driver had finished seventh on track, but the penalty dropped h☂im to 12th.
Stroll was 🃏13th but class📖ified 15th after the penalty was applied.
The stewards noted with b🥃oth Leclerc and Strollꦚ: “The car left the track on four (4) occasions without justifiable reason.”
Leclerc was one of the few drivers to start on the race oꦚn the softs, hanging onto a top eight finish after his tyres degraded 🐬in the closing laps.
Summarising his race, he said: “We lost out towards the end,” he sa༺id. “I think we were also quite lucky there was that many Safety Ca✅rs. But at the end we knew that it was going to be a difficult race.”
“With the soft it was very tricky at the end,” he added. “The start was good, the first few laps were good but then after that🦄 we knew it was going to be a bit more difficult compared to the medium runners, which was the case.”
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