Having ended the Bahrain Grand Prix in P13, Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg was disqualified from Sunday’s 57-lap race in Sakhir for extreme plank put on.
Nico Hulkenberg has fallen foul of the FIA after the Bahrain Grand Prix. The German driver began from the decrease finish of the grid, and completed thirteenth in a race the place Sauber struggled for race tempo.
Nonetheless, Hulkenberg’s day ended with extra disappointment after the FIA technical crew checked the skid put on of his automobile.
The Jo Bauer-led technical crew carried out measurements alongside the stiffness compliant space at three totally different factors of the periphery (inside arc). The inspection confirmed that the recorded measurement had been 8.4 mm (LHS), 8.5 mm (automobile centerline) and eight.4 mm (RHS).
The Article 3.5.9 e) of the Technical Regulation requires a minimal thickness of 9 mm which meant that the stewards had been compelled to disqualify the German driver from the classification.
The FIA stewards famous: “The thickness of the plank meeting was beneath the permitted minimal thickness. The Stewards heard from the crew consultant of Automotive 27 (Nico Hulkenberg). The plank meeting of Automotive 27 was measured and located to be 8.4mm (LHS), 8.5mm (automobile centerline) and eight.4mm (RHS).
That is beneath the minimal thickness of 9mm specified beneath Article 3.5.9 e) of the Technical Laws. In the course of the listening to the crew consultant confirmed that the measurement is right and that every one required procedures had been carried out accurately.
“The crew additionally acknowledged that it was a real error by the crew. The Stewards decide that Article 3.5.9 e) of the FIA Components One Technical Laws has been breached and due to this fact the usual penalty of a disqualification must be utilized for such an infringement.
“Rivals are reminded that they’ve the appropriate to enchantment sure selections of the Stewards, in accordance with Article 15 of the FIA Worldwide Sporting Code and Chapter 4 of the FIA Judicial and Disciplinary Guidelines, throughout the relevant closing dates.”
Hulkenberg’s teammate Gabriel Bortoleto was the final of the drivers to complete. His P19 is upgraded a spot as a consequence of Hulkenberg’s disqualification.
