Bottas disqualified from Silverstone qualifying
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Valtteri Bottas ground to a halt at the end of the first segment of qualifying for the British Grand Prix – with more problems to come for the Finn after he was disqualified from qualifying post-session for failing to provide a sufficient fuel sample.
  • @AurixEnglish
    23•2 years ago

    Relevant info:

    But after the car was recovered to the pit lane, the FIA were unable to extract the stipulated one-litre fuel sample from the C43 machine, leading to Bottas being disqualified from proceedings – although the stewards have ruled that the two-time Silverstone pole-sitter can start the race in P20.

  • @ymhrEnglish
    9•2 years ago

    Does this mean the reason he had to pull out in the first place was because he ran out of fuel?

    • @[email protected]English
      6•2 years ago

      It had to be. There was almost nothing left in the car. I get the feeling the FIA wil be testing the car frequently for underfueling now. Looks a bit dodgy for Alfa

  • @[email protected]MEnglish
    5•2 years ago

    Technically this breaks the rules by stating Bottas’ position, but I honestly can’t think of a reasonable way of phrasing it that wouldn’t make this obvious anyway.