The jury is investigating the drivers’ team radio traffic.
A sprint race was held in Austria on Saturday. PDO
The jury of the Austrian GP is investigating the possible violation of the rules by no less than seven drivers in Saturday’s sprint race.
George Russell, Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon, Mick Schumacher, Daniel Ricciardo, Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel have all been invited to hear from the jury about the events of the second warm-up round of the sprint race. The FIA suspects that the drivers illegally received instructions on the team radio during the extra warm-up lap.
That’s what the drivers had to do when Alfa Romeo Guanyu Zhou the car froze on the track just before the starting lights came on. The cars were sent for another warm-up round.
The FIA has strictly outlined what instructions the race engineers are allowed to give their drivers during the start and when preparing for it. Based on the investigation, the jury suspects that the message exchange was too helpful.
The investigation is interesting Valtteri Bottas in terms of The Finn finished tenth in the sprint race. Russell, Perez, Ocon and Schumacher finished ahead of Bottas in the sprint race, so with possible time penalties the Finn can still rise in the results. In the sprint race, points are awarded to the eight best.
It doesn’t matter for tomorrow’s race. In any case, Bottas starts at the back of the group due to the grid penalty following the engine change.