UPDATE: McLaren’s protest over Piastri deletion rejected

McLaren failed an tried protested of the qualifying outcomes on the Austrian Grand Prix after Oscar Piastri’s lap time was deleted for exceeding observe limits.

Piastri set the third quickest time on the finish of Q3 however then noticed his remaining try deleted for exceeding observe limits at Flip 6. The nook in query has an exit curb that’s adopted by a big gravel entice, and photographs appeared to indicate that Piastri marginally crossed the white line with all 4 wheels whereas not touching sufficient of the gravel to lose lap time.

After being demoted to seventh on the grid, the Australian referred to as the scenario “embarrassing” given the proximity of the gravel and the way that may penalize any driver that goes wider than the exit curb, however the FIA nonetheless deletes lap occasions even when automobiles go into the gravel as a result of they’ve left the observe.

McLaren’s staff principal visited the stewards instantly after the top of the qualifying session to debate the problem, and the staff then lodged an official protest of the outcomes on the Crimson Bull Ring.

Later, the stewards deemed the protest inadmissible, as a result of a choice of the stewards will not be open to protest, and McLaren didn’t specify any related laws or who the protest was lodged in opposition to, in addition to addressing it to the fallacious administrator.

The result of qualifying stands, with Piastri ranging from seventh place on Sunday.