Verstappen’s mistake caused chaos The final of the Austrian GP qualifying rounds will cause great controversy and further inflame the championship race between Mercedes and Ferrari and the political struggle on the track. And the ‘fault’, paradoxically, lies with those who could not race for either one team or the other, namely Max Verstappen. In fact, the Dutchman with Red Bull, in an attempt to improve his time in his last attempt in the third quarter, lost control of the car and crashed first into the gravel and then into the protective barriers, inevitably causing a yellow flag (single, not double, this is a very important point) in the final sector. At this point, many drivers who had not yet passed this point, including Andrea Kimi Antonelli and the two Ferrari drivers, canceled their fastest laps, creating the impression that qualifying ended there. At that moment the first two places were held by the two Ferraris; Charles Leclerc was ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton by one thousandth. But to general surprise, George Russell arrived and completed the lap, setting the best time and beating Leclerc by more than two tenths of a second. Investigation and green light Russell’s lap immediately came under investigation, as his recovery took place after Verstappen’s crash and therefore the yellow flag was waved on the final stretch of the circuit. But the telemetry of our Federico Albano shows what a slowdown there actually is in the English pilot’s attacking department, that is, in a certain micro-sector; However, this does not prevent Leclerc from significantly improving the time he recorded in his first attempt. Moments after the investigation was opened, the stewards closed the case and confirmed Russell’s pole position, agreeing that his lap was correct and normal. The dashcam shows Russell passing two light panels in the offending zone: the first shows the yellow flag – odd, not double – and the second shows the green flag and therefore the end of the ‘danger zone’. However, there are those who oppose the fact that confirming this pole position by Russell, who improved his overall lap time despite the yellow flag, sets a dangerous precedent. But in the meantime #63 will be able to enjoy starting from pole position tomorrow.
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