For the first time in its history, Ferrari finds itself with both cars disqualified at the end of a Grand Prix.
There could not have been a worse outcome for Ferrari. At the end of the Chinese Grand Prix, where the two Red cars finished in fifth and sixth positions, Leclerc and Hamilton were disqualified because their cars did not comply with the regulations. The Monegasque’s car was found to be 1kg underweight, while the seven-time world champion’s car had a floor worn down by 0.5 millimeters more than the maximum allowed by the FIA regulations.
A terrible historical figure for the Prancing Horse, given that, for the first time in its history in F1, both Reds were disqualified from a Grand Prix. Ferrari itself then wanted to clarify everything with an official statement that we show you below:
A following the post-race checks by the FIA, both of our cars were found to be non-compliant with the regulations for different reasons. Leclerc’s car was found to be 1 kg underweight, while the wear on the rear skid block of Hamilton’s car was 0.5 mm below the limit. Charles opted for a one-stop strategy today, which meant that the tire wear was very high, causing the car to be underweight.
As for Lewis’s floor skid, we misjudged the wear with a small margin. There was no intention to gain any advantage. We will learn from what happened today and ensure that we do not make the same mistakes again. Clearly, this is not the way we wanted to end our Chinese Grand Prix weekend, neither for ourselves nor for our fans who support us incredibly.” .
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