Max Verstappen faces investigation over possible Lewis Hamilton infringement
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Max Verstappen will face the stewards after the session over a possible yellow-flag infringement during sprint qualifying.
With five minutes remaining in SQ2, the Red Bull driver was due to explain the incident to the stewards after the session.
Verstappen could receive a grid penalty if an infringement is confirmed. No decision has yet been announced.
Hamilton: Max overtook me under yellow flag
Lewis Hamilton reported the incident over the radio to tell his pit wall that Verstappen overtook him under the yellow flags.
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Verstappen was also on the radio himself shortly after to insist that he had let Hamilton back through.
Verstappen was called to see the stewards at 10:15pm local time. If found to have breached the rules, then he could face a five place grid penalty.
Sky Sports F1’s Karun Chandhok has spoken about the possible penalty
"I’ve had a quick look at the FIA penalty guidelines, and bear in mind that these are guidelines, the stewards don’t have to do this - they have different ways to look at it, different cameras, and also take the evidence from the drivers.
"But in the penalty guidelines, it does say that it’s a five-place grid penalty for overtaking under single yellows in qualifying.
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"We’ll see what Max’s defence is and whether the stewards will let him off the hook."
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