Lance Stroll was given a three-place grid penalty for “lack of situational awareness” around his accident with Nicholas Latifi.
However, that won’t have any impact considering he was ranked last in Q1 anyway.
The Canadian also took two penalty points added to his FIA super license, bringing his total to 7 for the 12-month period.
The verdict of the commissioners reads as follows: “Coming out of turn 5, Stroll appeared to be not accelerating and was in the middle of the track. Latifi made the decision to accelerate and pass Stroll on the right as Stroll moved to the right towards the right edge of the lane. track where the track curves slightly to the right on the run to turn 6.”
“Contact between Stroll’s right front wheel and Latifi’s left rear wheel occurred and the Stewards believe that Stroll was primarily at fault for the collision due to his lack of situational awareness of Latifi’s overtaking maneuver. .”
The starting grid:
| Pos. | Pilot | Car | Q1 time | Q2 time | Q3 time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari F1-75 | 1:18.881 | 1:18.606 | 1:17.868 | — |
| 02 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull RBPT RB18 | 1:18.580 | 1:18.611 | 1:18.154 | — |
| 03 | sergio perez | Red Bull RBPT RB18 | 1:18.834 | 1:18.340 | 1:18.240 | — |
| 04 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes MCL36 | 1:19.280 | 1:19.066 | 1:18.703 | — |
| 05 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes W13 | 1:19.401 | 1:19.106 | 1:18.825 | — |
| 06 | George Russell | Mercedes W13 | 1:19.405 | 1:19.076 | 1:18.933 | — |
| 07 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren Mercedes MCL36 | 1:19.665 | 1:19.130 | 1:19.032 | — |
| 08 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault A522 | 1:19.605 | 1:19.136 | 1:19.061 | — |
| 09 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari F1-75 | 1:18.983 | 1:18.469 | 1:19.408 | — |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine Renault A522 | 1:19.192 | 1:18.815 | – :—.— | — |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri RBPT AT03 | 1:19.580 | 1:19.226 | — | |
| 12 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo Ferrari C42 | 1:19.251 | 1:19.410 | — | |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri RBPT AT03 | 1:19.742 | 1:19.424 | — | |
| 14 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo Ferrari C42 | 1:19.910 | 1:20.155 | — | |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher | Haas Ferrari VF-22 | 1:20.104 | 1:20.465 | — | |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari VF-22 | 1:20.254 | — | ||
| 17 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Mercedes AMR22 | 1:21.149 | — | ||
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes FW44 | 1:21.372 | — | ||
| 19 | Alex Albon | Williams Mercedes FW44 | 1:20.135 | +3 | ||
| 20 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Mercedes AMR22 | – :—.— | +3 |
