Charles Leclerc will start his home Grand Prix from sixth on the grid after being handed a 3-place grid drop for impeding Lando Norris in Q3. As well as hearing from both drivers and their team representatives, the stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing data, team radio and in-car video evidence. Leclerc had finished his final lap of Q3 and was in the Turn 4 through Turn 10 complex, while Norris was on a fast lap and caught the Ferrari in the middle of the tunnel and was clearly impeded, deemed the stewards. Both drivers agreed that there was little that Leclerc could have safely done tunnel to avoid impeding the McLarens, given the difficulty in vision due to...
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