Williams driver George Russell has been given a five-place grid penalty for disregarding the double yellow flags in the qualifying session for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix. Russell managed to get through to Q2 by delivering an impressive lap time in the first qualifying segment, but he failed to repeat his lap time from Q1 and only qualified 15th. However, the Briton has been handed a 5-place grid drop penalty for ignoring the double yellow flag signal. Although Russell slowed down, the stewards thought that „his speed was not “significantly” slower than previous laps, although he explained that he was in full control of the car and felt that he would have been able to take...
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