Alexander Albon’s bought off to a tough begin after the stewards issued a ruling in opposition to the Williams driver following Dash Qualifying on Friday.
issued at 18:41 native time, Albon’s Automobile 23 exceeded observe limits at Flip 6 throughout SQ1. The infringement was a breach of Article B1.8.6 of the FIA Rules and Appendix L, Chapter IV, Article 2c of the Worldwide Sporting Code.
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Alexander Albon driving the (23) Williams FW48 Mercedes on observe throughout the 2026 Miami Grand Prix Dash Qualifying.Photograph by Chris Graythen/Getty Photographs
The stewards reviewed positioning and marshalling system information, alongside video proof, earlier than reaching their determination. The ruling confirmed that Albon’s lap time of 1:30.988 recorded in SQ1 has been deleted. All lap instances set by Automobile 23 in SQ2 have additionally been deleted as a consequence. Consequently, Albon will begin the Miami GP Dash from place 19 on the grid.
The rationale for the SQ2 deletions was defined within the stewards’ doc. The observe limits breach in SQ1 was not reported to the stewards till SQ2 had already begun. By that time, Albon’s SQ1 time had been enough to progress him into SQ2. Since Automobile 23 mustn’t have superior to SQ2, all instances set in that session have been wiped as nicely.
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Aston Martin Continues to Wrestle
Albon was not the one driver dealing with stewards’ consideration after Dash Qualifying. Aston Martin had one other torrid night, with each Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso requiring particular permission from the stewards simply to take their place on the Dash beginning grid.
Stroll did not set a lap time in SQ1 altogether, prompting Aston Martin to submit a request to the stewards to permit Automobile 18 to begin the Dash. The stewards granted permission, ruling that the Canadian driver had set passable instances throughout apply at this competitors. He shall be positioned on the grid in accordance with Article B2.3.4 of the FIA F1 Rules.
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Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso stroll within the Paddock throughout the 2026 F1 Miami Grand Prix previews.Photograph by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Photographs
Alonso confronted a separate however associated difficulty. Automobile 14 did not set a qualifying time inside 107% of the quickest time set in SQ1, triggering an identical request from the crew. The stewards permitted Alonso to begin on the identical grounds as Stroll, citing his passable apply instances on the occasion.
Each Aston Martin drivers will subsequently take their locations on the Dash beginning grid. Alonso will line up in P21, whereas Stroll begins from the very again in P22, because the crew appears to be like to salvage one thing from a tough Friday night in Miami.
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On the entrance of the sphere, claimed the Dash pole place for McLaren with a time of 1:27.869, forward of Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli in P2. strains up third for McLaren, with Ferrari’s in P4 and rounding out the highest 5 for Pink Bull, in accordance with the FIA’s provisional grid doc following Albon’s lap deletions.
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