After a chaotic season opener in Australia, the Chinese language Grand Prix additionally featured its justifiable share of drama – with a big 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 below the minimal thickness required within the technical rules, marking a shock double disqualification for the Scuderia.
This isn’t the one event in F1 historical past the place a end result has been taken away in dramatic circumstances, nonetheless. We’ve been having a look again at a few of these earlier incidents, starting from the lack of a house podium on debut by to wins being nullified hours – or typically 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 more energizing rubber proper to the tip.
Whereas an elated Russell initially celebrated his victory, a Technical Delegate’s Report launched quickly afterwards confirmed that the British driver’s automotive had been discovered to be 1.5kg under the minimal weight as set out within the technical rules throughout post-race checks.
After the matter was referred to the stewards, Russell was stripped of his end result and the win subsequently went to Hamilton.
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