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After the Austrian Grand Prix, Aston Martin lodged a protest against the provisional race classification due to track limit offences. It has been upheld by the FIA and a new race classification has been released.
A large number of drivers has been penalised at the Austrian Grand Prix for breaching track limits, however after the race Aston Martin lodged a protest against the provisional race classification. The British team has claimed that a number of drivers were not penalised for repeatedly breaching track limits.
The FIA revealed after the race that it was unable to review over 1200 cases that have been reported for alleged track limit infringements.
The governing organization has since upheld Aston Martin’s protest, claiming that a list of deleted lap times provided by race control has revealed cases that have not been sanctioned.
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The FIA then looked at all of the incidents, applied penalties that were not applied during the race, and released the final race classification.
During the race, Lewis Hamilton was the first driver to receive a five-second penalty for repeatedly breaching track limits, and after the review he was handed another ten-second penalty, along with seven other drivers.
This dropped Lewis to P8, while his team-mate George Russell got promoted to P7. You can find the revised final classification below.
Austrian Grand Prix Final Classification
1 Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 71 Laps
2 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 5.155s
3 Sergio Perez, Red Bull, 17.188s
4 Lando Norris, McLaren, 26.327s
5 Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, 30.317s
6 Carlos Sainz, Ferrari, 31.377s
7 George Russell, Mercedes, 48.403s
8 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 49.196s
9 Lance Stroll, Aston Martin, 59.043s
10 Pierre Gasly, Alpine, 67.667s
11 Alex Albon, Williams, 79.767s
12 Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo, +1 lap
13 Logan Sargeant, Williams, +1 lap
14 Esteban Ocon, Alpine, +1 lap
15 Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo, +1 lap
16 Oscar Piastri, McLaren, +1 lap
17 Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, +1 lap
18 Kevin Magnussen, Haas, +1 lap
19 Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, +1 lap
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, DNF
