PARIS (France): Renault drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg were disqualified from the Japanese Grand Prix after their team was punished for breaching regulations over brakes, the FIA said on Wednesday.
Ricciardo was sixth and Hulkenberg 10th in the race at Suzuka on October 13, but the French team will now lose the nine points accrued by the Australian driver.
“Renault have been disqualified from the results of the Japanese Grand Prix after a protest brought by rivals Racing Point was upheld,” said an FIA statement.
“Racing Point’s protest regarded an alleged breach of the Sporting and Technical Regulations and the FIA International Sporting Code, relating to a ‘pre-set lap distance-dependent brake bias adjustment system’.”
Racing Point’s Lance Stroll and Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat will now be classified ninth and tenth respectively.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly, and Racing Point’s Sergio Perez also moved up to sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.
Revised Japanese GP results:
1. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes), 2. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari), 3. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes), 4. Alexander Albon (THA/Red Bull-Honda), 5. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/McLaren-Renault), 6. Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari), 7. Pierre Gasly (FRA/Toro Rosso-Honda), 8. Sergio Pérez (MEX/Racing Point-Mercedes), 9. Lance Stroll (CAN/Racing Point-Mercedes), 10. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Toro Rosso-Honda)
