Scuderia Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc set to start Turkish GP in P11 and P12 after grid penalties.
ando Norris was slapped with a five-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race after failing to slow sufficiently for yellow flags during qualifying.
It comes after his team mate Carlos Sainz was given a three-place drop for holding up Sergio Perez through Turns 2 and 3 in the one-hour session.
Sainz will now start 15th. Norris 16th. Norris set his best time of Q1 on a lap when there were waved double yellow flags for the Williams of Nicholas Latifi, which was beached in the gravel.
Stewards took a look at the telemetry and reviewed video and radio evidence and decided that he did not respect the flag as per the regulations.
As a result, he was given a five-place penalty, dropping him to 16th, and three penalty points on his licence, taking his tally to five for a 12-month period. The double penalties are a blow to McLaren’s hopes in the race for P3 in the constructors’ standings, with just one point separating them from rivals Racing Point (who start P1 and P3) and Renault (who start P5 and P7).
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