Marko Hanželic
Before the sprint race, the commissioners further explained why they were Hamilton imposed a sentence: “From a layman's point of view, there is a gap between the upper and lower part of the rear wing. When the DRS is not activated, this distance must be between 10 mm and 15 mm. There were no irregularities here. ”
“When the DRS is activated, which raises the upper wing element to a flat position, the gap must be between 10 mm and 85 mm. The maximum distance according to TD / 011-19 is measured by pushing the 85 mm length gauge towards the gap itself with a maximum load of 10 N (ten Newtons). If the criterion goes through, it is a violation of the rules. ”
“In this case, the criterion would not go through on the inside of the wing, but goes on the outside of the wing. The test was repeated four times and with two different criteria, once in the presence of commissioners and representatives of competitors. "
Commissioners they really agreed that the wings fell on the test because there was something "Most likely went wrong", and it is FIA nevertheless decided to punish Hamilton in Mercedes: "In this case, Mercedes cannot use as an defense the objection that it is an irregularity with which they did not gain an illegal advantage, so the commissioners imposed a penalty of technical inadequacy of the car, which is a disqualification from the qualifications."
Verstappen he therefore has a great chance to take his advantage 19 points ahead Hamilton he adds three more, and his team would, if both Red Bull Racing finished on the podium of the sprint race, could already overtake Mercedes on the constructors' scale today.
