Lance Stroll has been penalized with five grid positions for Sunday’s United States Grand Prix, due to an incident with Esteban Ocon during Saturday’s sprint race.
The collision between Stroll and Ocon occurred at the first corner, when the Aston Martin driver collided with the Haas driver in the final stages of the race, which culminated under the safety car and was won by Max Verstappen.
The stewards determined that Stroll was responsible for the incident, imposing a five-place grid penalty, as well as two penalty points on his super license, totaling seven within a 12-month period.
The incident brought out the second safety car of the 100 km race, after McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris collided on the first lap. The qualifying for Sunday’s race will start at 4 p.m. local time.“Car 18 attempted an overtake on the inside of car 31 at turn 1, but misjudged the braking point and collided with car 31,” the stewards reported. “The stewards determine that the driver of car 18 is wholly to blame and apply a penalty accordingly.”
Stewards’ Report
