Mercedes has been summoned to the Formulation 1 stewards for not submitting set-up paperwork in time for the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
It pertains to a set-up sheet that every one groups should submit for each of their automobiles, as per Article 40.1 of the 2025 championship’s sporting rules.
The article says: “Every Competitor should present the Technical Delegate with a suspension set-up sheet for each of their automobiles earlier than every of them leaves the pitlane for the primary time throughout the dash qualifying session and the qualifying session.”
However the stewards acknowledged Mercedes had not submitted the sheet by 8:12pm native time in Vegas, regardless of qualifying having began at 8pm.
A workforce consultant should subsequently report back to the stewards at 9:45pm domestically, and it’s not but totally clear what a punishment could also be ought to the summons go additional.
Nonetheless, Motorsport understands the utmost punishment can be a disqualification from qualifying, although that’s an excessive instance.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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This comes after a combined qualifying for Mercedes, whose drivers George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli respectively took fourth and seventeenth.
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It was a tough session given the moist situations, which caught out rookie Antonelli, who claimed he was quick on his last lap in Q1 however took additional precaution.
The 19-year-old stated: “It was tough for everybody. Clearly, it was very slippery and simply, yeah, I do not know. The final lap was going to be adequate for high 5 and I took some margin within the final braking, simply to keep away from any unhealthy surprises, and simply nonetheless ended up locking up and shedding the lap, and acquired knocked out.
“Two laps earlier than I used to be in P5, I believe, after which clearly to finish up P17 could be very irritating.”
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Extra reporting by Ronald Vording
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