Albon and Red Bull under investigation for grid infringement

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15:56, 19 Jul 2020

The stewards are going to investigate Alexander Albon's car from Red Bull Racing. This was announced by the technical committee of the FIA during the Hungarian GP. The grid box of the British Thai would have been blown dry before the start at the Hungaroring.

Normally some blowers are used to cool the engine, but Red Bull would also have used them to create more grip for Albon at the start. The starting spots were still wet when the race started at 15:10.

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Albon in trouble after Red Bull artificially dried his grid box "by using the engine cooling air of their leaf blowers when using these to cool the car engine." Referred to stewards. Maybe they thought everyone was watching Verstappen's car. #F1 #HungarianGP

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Albon and Red Bull under investigation for grid infringement

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