FIA stewards hand out grid penalty after British GP qualifying

The stewards accepted that Gasly had been left without the usual radio warning because of a technical issue with the FOM equipment, a point that was confirmed during the hearing. They also took into account that he had been carrying out radio checks and believed the car behind was not on a timed lap.

Despite those mitigating circumstances, the stewards ruled that the lack of a radio warning did not remove the driver's responsibility to avoid impeding another car. After reviewing the available evidence, including the dashboard information available to Gasly, they concluded that he had unnecessarily impeded Stroll and imposed the standard three-place grid penalty. Below is the full stewards explanation.

The FIA has also released the verdict on the investigations involving Esteban Ocon and Isack Hadjar. Ocon had been investigated for allegedly failing to slow sufficiently under single yellow flags at Turn 13, while Hadjar was investigated for exceeding the maximum permitted delta time between the Safety Car lines during qualifying. In both cases, the stewards opted for no further action.

As for Arvid Lindblad's unsafe release involving Oscar Piastri in the pit lane, the stewards found the Briton at fault and handed his team a €5,000 fine.