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Why was Lewis Hamilton disqualified from Chinese language Grand Prix?
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Why was Lewis Hamilton disqualified from Chinese language Grand Prix?

By Miles Cooper March 23, 2025
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Why was Lewis Hamilton disqualified from Chinese language Grand Prix?

’s rollercoaster begin to life at continued as after the conclusion of the .

After the highs of Saturday’s having shockingly certified on pole the day before today, Hamilton’s weekend took a downward flip

with teammate on the opening lap, inflicting injury to the Monegasque’s entrance wing, the Brit struggled for tempo across the Shanghai racetrack – resorting to a two-stop technique within the determined hope that contemporary tyres would assist him discover some additional velocity.

That turned out to be a forlorn hope nonetheless, as he , one spot behind Leclerc and nicely off the tempo of dominant McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris up entrance, who sealed a one-two.

Issues then acquired worse for the seven-time world champion as he was disqualified after the race, seeing the eight factors wiped . It was an extremely busy post-race interval for the stewards and officers as Leclerc and ’s had been additionally disqualified alongside Hamilton.

Right here’s every little thing you have to know in regards to the disqualifications:

Why was Lewis Hamilton disqualified?

Hamilton’s Ferrari failed its post-race checks, with the automotive’s skid block discovered to be under the minimal thickness. In response to FIA guidelines, that warrants a disqualification.

Evaluation from the scrutineers confirmed that the rearmost skid thickness was under the minimal restrict of 9mm, registering 8.6mm at two factors and eight.5mm at one other.

A doc launched explaining the choice learn: “The plank meeting of Automobile 44 was measured and located to be 8.6mm (LHS), 8.6mm (automotive centerline) and eight.5mm (RHS). That is under the minimal thickness of 9mm specified underneath Article 3.5.9 of the Technical Rules.

“Through the listening to the group consultant confirmed that the measurement is right and that each one required procedures had been carried out appropriately. The group additionally acknowledged that there have been no mitigating circumstances and that it was a real error by the group.

The rearmost skid thickness on Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari was below the minimum limit (AFP via Getty Images)

“The Stewards decide that Article 3.5.9 of the FIA Method 1 Technical Rules has been breached and subsequently the usual penalty of a disqualification must be utilized for such an infringement.”

This isn’t the primary time Hamilton has been disqualified for a race due to this situation, with one thing comparable occurring on the 2023 United States Grand Prix when he drove for Mercedes – a race the place, satirically, Leclerc was additionally DQed for a similar downside.

Ferrari launched a press release confirming that they agreed with the choice and took the blame for the error.

Why had been Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly disqualified?

Hamilton’s Ferrari teammate Leclerc and Gasly of , who completed eleventh, had been additionally disqualified within the aftermath of the Chinese language GP for the extra easy purpose that their automobiles had been discovered to be underweight.

Whereas Leclerc’s broken entrance wing could certainly have made his automotive lighter, groups are allowed to exchange clearly broken components, so after weighing the Ferrari with the lacking endplate, it was additionally weighed with a spare entrance wing fitted.

Nonetheless, as soon as gas was drained from the Ferrari, it was discovered to be underweight on each events. As soon as the gas was drained, the FIA scales confirmed the burden to be 799.0kg, which is 1.0kg under the minimal automotive weight said within the guidelines.

Gasly’s Alpine underwent the identical course of and was additionally weighted at 799.0kg and thus under the restrict, which means each automobiles had been DQed for breaching technical laws.

Each Ferrari and Alpine accepted the disqualifications.

Charles Leclerc was also disqualified (REUTERS)

This isn’t the primary time a automotive has been disqualified for being underweight, with George Russell struggling , which price him the win. On the time, Mercedes speculated that extreme tyre put on was the trigger.

How have the disqualifications modified the standings?

With Hamilton, Leclerc and Gasly all excluded from the race, Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz had been promoted into the factors from twelfth and thirteenth respectively.

In the meantime, the drivers that completed from seventh to tenth, within the factors however behind the Ferrari pair, all moved up two locations. They had been Esteban Ocon, Kimi Antonelli, Alex Albon and Oliver Bearman.

Hamilton and Leclerc’s factors for his or her sixth and fifth place end – eight and 10 respectively – are wiped from their championship tally, though the DQ doesn’t influence Hamilton’s dash race victory on Saturday, for which he secured eight factors.

It means the Ferrari duo are actually ninth and tenth within the nascent F1 Drivers’ Championship standings.

F1 driver standings high 10 after Chinese language Grand Prix

1. Lando Norris – 44 factors

2. Max Verstappen – 36 factors

3. George Russell – 35 factors

4. Oscar Piastri – 34 factors

5. Kimi Antonelli – 22 factors

6. Alex Albon – 16 factors

7. Esteban Ocon – 10 factors

8. Lance Stroll – 10 factors

9. – 9 factors

10. – 8 factors

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