Marcus Ericsson was handed a five-place grid penalty for the Chinese Grand Prix and three penalty points on his Superlicence after the Swede was deemed to have ignored yellow flags during Qualifying on Saturday. Ironically, the yellow flags were for Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team team-mate Charles Leclerc who had spun exiting the final turn, but the FIA deemed he had not slowed sufficiently for the incident and was handed the penalty and penalty points. Ericsson will not actually lose any positions on the grid at the Shanghai International Circuit after qualifying right at the back of the field. 'The Stewards heard from Marcus Ericsson, the driver of car 9 and the team representative and...
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