Saturday, 2 July 2016

Grid penalties for Palmer and Haryanto

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Rio Haryanto (IDN) Manor Racing MRT05. 01.07.2016. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 9, Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, Austria, Practice Day.

Renault’s Jolyon Palmer and Manor’s Rio Haryanto were handed three place grid penalties for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday for failing to slow for yellow warning flags in qualifying.

Neither driver has scored points so far in eight races this season. British rookie Palmer qualified 18th while Indonesian Haryanto was 19th.

Stewards said in a statement that Palmer and Haryanto had been at full acceleration in the yellow flag area when a significant reduction in speed was called for.

Both were also given two penalty points on their superlicence.


Read the full story at GRAND PRIX 247

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