Sergio Perez will begin immediately’s Qatar Grand Prix from the pit lane after his Crimson Bull crew was discovered to have labored on his automobile whereas parc ferme restrictions have been in place.
He initially certified thirteenth for immediately’s race on the Losail Worldwide Circuit. Nonetheless Perez was concerned in a three-car collision with Esteban Ocon and Nico Hulkenberg in yesterday’s dash race which meant repairs have been wanted to his automobile.
Perez described the harm to his automobile as “huge” as he was hit by Ocon’s out-of-control Alpine and got here to a relaxation within the gravel lure at flip two.
Crimson Bull started work increase a substitute chassis, quantity two, for Perez. The FIA’s Formulation 1 technical delegate Jo Bauer reported the quantity of labor achieved on the automobile exceeded that permitted by the foundations.
“As chassis two was assembled with out supervision to greater than an meeting comprising a survival cell as outlined in SR Article 27.2, this must be thought-about as a 3rd automobile accessible to the competitor,” Bauer famous. “A self-declared scrutineering sheet for automobile 11, chassis two, was submitted at 14:05 immediately, 55 minutes earlier than the covers-off time.”
The usual penalty for this infringement at earlier races has been a pit lane begin. Perez is subsequently set to start out a grand prix from the again of the grid for the third time this 12 months.
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