Mercedes has managed to overturn a penalty given to Kimi Antonelli that promotes him to fourth place within the Australian Grand Prix, after successful a proper of evaluate.
Antonelli was given a five-second time penalty for an unsafe launch within the closing phases of the race, a punishment that dropped him from fourth to fifth – behind Alex Albon – on the checkered flag. Mercedes moved shortly to attempt to get the penalty reviewed, with the petition proving it had a major and related new factor that was unavailable to it on the time of the choice.
The factor was the footage from the roll hoop digicam on Antonelli’s automobile, that was not obtainable on the time of the incident and will solely be downloaded by F1’s technical crew post-race.
The incident additionally included Nico Hulkenberg, with Antonelli deemed to have been launched into the Stake driver’s path. Nonetheless, the stewards deem that the footage confirmed the discharge was not unsafe.
“Having examined the brand new video, plus further video beforehand not obtainable to the stewards and brought from the helicopter, the stewards determine to reverse the earlier choice,” the stewards’ doc learn. “Because of this the penalty on Automobile 12 [Antonelli] in doc quantity 43 is eliminated and no additional motion is required.
“It’s clear that Automobile 12 didn’t cross into the quick lane till a major distance down the pit lane and solely after the motive force checked his mirror to substantiate clearance with Automobile 27 [Hulkenberg]. The roll hoop digicam exhibits that he had enough room to soundly cross the McLaren pits with out threat to the McLaren mechanics.”
Antonelli began sixteenth in Sunday’s race and overtook Albon late within the race for fourth, however had not managed to drag 5 seconds clear earlier than the end.
The penalty reversal additionally strikes Mercedes degree on factors with McLaren within the constructors’ championship, with McLaren ranked forward on 27 factors courtesy of 25 of these coming from Lando Norris’ victory.
