News Details

Russell handed five-spot grid drop for double yellow flag violation

George Russell was handed a five-spot grid drop by the British Grand Prix stewards for failing to slow for a double yellow flag signal in qualifying. The caution was ironically brought about in Q1 by a spin by his teammate Nicholas Latifi. Russell said he saw the yellow flag and lifted accordingly, but obviously not enough according to the stweards. "I saw the yellow flag, I lifted, I felt like I was completely in control of the car," said the Briton before the stewards investigation. "The driver, Russell, explained to the stewards that he only saw the double yellow flag signal at turn seven in his peripheral vision and believed it was just a single yellow," the...
Full Story »
3y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Five place grid penalty for Williams' George Russell

British Grand Prix – Williams' George Russell has been given a five...
3y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Russell cautious on Williams' prospects for...

George Russell is keeping his expectations in check ahead of a double...
3y ago from F1i.com

George Russell is being investigated for ignoring...

George Russell seems to have driven too fast whilst the yellow flags were...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Kvyat hit with grid penalty following gearbox change

AlphaTauri's Dany Kvyat will receive a five-spot grid penalty for...
3y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Bastianini finds it "strange" facing...

No description available...
1h ago from Motorsport.com

Acosta feels KTM was at its ‘most competitive'...

Pedro Acosta felt as though his MotoGP GasGas KTM bike was 'the most...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

McLaughlin tops interrupted second day of Indy 500...

The second day of practice for the Indianapolis 500 took place on...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Abel ends Indy 500 entry hopes, cites funding as cause

Abel Motorsports will not be fielding a car in this year’s Indianapolis...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

The day Arsenal's champions became Invincibles

On May 15 2004, Arsenal completed the seemingly unachievable - but their...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.