Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz were both been summoned to meet with the race stewards over separate incidents at the end of the second round of qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, but no further action was taken against them.
Both drivers have been accused of “driving unnecessarily slowly in the entry of turn nine and turn ten” as cars lined up to start their final flying laps. Fernando Alonso also complained about behind held up by Sebastian Vettel, and the Alpine was unable to complete his final lap to improve his time. A three-place grid penalty was given to Sebastian Vettel for impeding Fernando Alonso.
Bottas had previously overtaken Vettel and then slowed in front of him as he hit traffic ahead.
Meanwhile Sainz had also been forced to back off after catching Verstappen, and this caused him to hold up others including Lance Stroll and Daniel Ricciardo behind him.
Drivers had been specifically told by race director Michael Masi in pre-race briefings that the stewards would be keeping a close eye on what happened in these final corner due to their ‘blind’ nature.
Masi told the drivers that anyone backing off there in order to get a clear lap would be deemed to be in breach of the rules.
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