F1 An umpteenth penalty falls, the sprint ranking is turned upside down, in Florida!

We knew that there was a good chance that the Sprint F1 ranking in Florida was rectified, after the arrival. And that is confirmed! Indeed, the FIA has just published the results of an investigation, which concerned a pilot who finished in the points, in Miami, this evening. The victim is none other than Oliver Bearman, who received a 5 second sanction and thus leaves the point area.

F1: Yuki Tsunoda happy beneficiary of the sanction imposed in Haas

The reason is simple, his team, Haas F1, was guilty of a “Unsafe Release”. Namely, in French, a dangerous outing, in the way of the stands. The mechanics not having taken into account the arrival of Nico Hulkenberg’s single -seater, on this path of the stands, behind the wheel of his Sauber. The British pilot therefore loses his eighth place as well as the point offered by this position, according to the scale of the Sprint race. It makes a happy one, Yuki Tsunoda in this case. A great reward for the Japanese, who left last today and which harvested its daring strategy.

Indeed, it was the Japanese who had been the first pilot to rush into the Pit-Lane, in order to put on slick gums. Let us also recall that the qualifying session, which was to take place at 10:00 p.m., was postponed, following the lag of the departure of the Sprint race, this afternoon.

Here is the new ranking of the top ten, after this decision of the commissioners.