Piastri given three-place Italian GP grid penalty for impeding Lawson
Oscar Piastri has received a three-place grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix after stewards found he impeded Liam Lawson during qualifying at Monza. The sanction drops Piastri from third to sixth on the grid.
Stewards handed Oscar Piastri a three-place grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix after ruling that he impeded Liam Lawson in qualifying at Monza. The decision followed an investigation into the incident.
The episode took place in the closing stages of Q2. As a result of the penalty, Piastri loses his original third-place starting spot and will start sixth.
That change promotes Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen forward by one position each for Sunday's race.
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