Verstappen's pole at risk with summons for potential block

Verstappen's pole at risk with summons for potential block

 

 

 

Two-time world champion Verstappen has been summoned to see the stewards for allegedly “uneccessarily impeding” Magnussen during the first part of Friday qualifying at the Red Bull Ring.Will McLaren’s HUGE upgrades turn their F1 season around?Video of Will McLaren's HUGE upgrades turn their F1 season around?The incident occured during Q1 when Magnussen, who was starting a flying lap, came across a slow-moving Verstappen at the exit of Turn 1. Footage showed Magnussen having to move across to the right with Verstappen going slowly on the outside. Verstappen queried the incident over team radio, asking: “He was on a fast lap?”Race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase replied: “Yep, roger.”Magnussen went on to have his lap deleted for a track limits violation. Impeding incidents often result in a drop of three-grid positions, but it remains to be seen whether Verstappen will be hit with a penalty. The Dutchman pipped Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to the fastest time in qualifying to claim his fourth successive pole this season. Related Hamilton downbeat about Mercedes’ qualifying performance in Austria Track limits chaos made F1 drivers ‘look like amateurs’ – Verstappen 

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