Alexander Albon will start the Miami GP Sprint from P19 on the grid. The Williams driver should not have progressed to SQ2 after exceeding track limits, but this was only discovered after the session had already begun. Albon was through to SQ2 in Sprint Qualifying, but did so with a lap that exceeded track limits at Turn 6. In that session,
he finished 14th, but will now be relegated to P19. As a result, Carlos Sainz, Arvid Lindblad, Liam Lawson, Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez all gain a position.
The stewards wrote in their verdict: "During SQ1, Car 23 clearly exceeded track limits in turn 6. However this was not reported to the Stewards until SQ2 had commenced. Car 23’s time recorded on the lap that track limits were exceeded was sufficient to place it in SQ2. Hence at the time the Stewards were informed that Car 23 had left the track and that its lap should have been potentially deleted, it was already on track in SQ2.
"As this was an unusual situation, the Stewards have decided to settle the matter by exercising their authority under Article 11.7.1.a of the International Sporting Code by deleting the lap time of the lap in question in SQ1. As Car 23 should not have proceeded into SQ2, all lap times from SQ2 will consequently be deleted."
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