Is Gasly's podium justice or a can of worms best left unopened? F1 Q&A
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Round eight of Formula 1 season takes place in Austria this weekend in the stunning surroundings of the Styrian hills. Last time out in Barcelona, Mercedes were beaten in a grand prix for the first …
Round eight of Formula 1 season takes place in Austria this weekend in the stunning surroundings of the Styrian hills. Last time out in Barcelona, Mercedes were beaten in a grand prix for the first time this year with Lewis Hamilton taking victory. The Briton's first grand prix win for Ferrari, combined with Kimi Antonelli's retirement late in the race, narrowed the gap at the top of the drivers' championship to 41 points. Before Sunday's race in Spielberg, BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions. A retrospective podium for Pierre Gasly. Justice? Or a can of worms best left unopened? - Clive Formula 1 has clearly got itself in a bit of a pickle regarding the pit-lane speeding penalties in the Monaco Grand Prix. The facts are that five cars were given penalties for pit-lane speeding when none of them had gone over the limit. The length of the pit lane had been mis-measured - it was possible to drive a shorter distance than officials initially realised, by 77cm. And as the pit-lane speed limit is policed by the time taken to pass through a series of timing loops over a specific distance, that meant the drivers were wrongly penalised. This led to a sequence of events that had a dramatic effect on the race result. George Russell was most badly affected by what followed, having a third place turned into a 12th and losing 15 points in the process. But McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Red Bull's Isack Hadjar also had their results changed. …
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