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Mercedes celebrity Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc had been each disqualified from Sunday’s US Brilliant Prix upcoming their automobiles failed post-race inspections. Former global champion Hamilton had completed 2d in the back of Max Verstappen in Austin occasion Leclerc got here in 6th. Each drivers noticed the ones effects scratched, on the other hand, upcoming a technical group discovered over the top put on in their automobiles ground logs. The disqualification got here following a listening to that took park roughly 4 hours upcoming Verstappen, who has already clinched the driving force’s championship, powered to victory in Sunday’s race.
A commentary by way of motorsport’s governing frame, the FIA, mentioned each groups had said the findings of the inspection document, declaring that the irregularities had been most likely led to by way of the bumpy monitor and the tight turnaround for Sunday’s race upcoming Saturday’s dash.
“The Stewards note that the onus is on the competitor to ensure that the car is in compliance with the regulations at all times during an event… therefore the standard penalty for a breach of the technical regulations is imposed,” the commentary mentioned.
Hamilton’s disqualification manner McLaren’s Lando Norris was once promoted to 2d, with Leclerc’s Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz, who completed fourth, bumped to 3rd.
Mercedes motive force George Russell moved as much as 5th from 7th following Leclerc’s disqualification.
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