Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc disqualified from Chinese GP after Ferrari cars fail post-race technical checks
Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have been disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix after their respective cars failed post-race technical checks.
Team-mates Leclerc and Hamilton finished fifth and sixth respectively for Ferrari in the Shanghai race but their cars fell foul of two different mandatory post-race scrutineering checks carried out by FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer.
Leclerc’s car was found to be 1kg underweight while Hamilton’s was thrown out for excessive skid-plank wear – the same infringement that cost him second place at the United States GP in 2023 when a Mercedes driver.
The removal of the two Ferraris from the final classification means the Italian team have lost a potentially-crucial 18 points in the Constructors’ Championship, dropping them behind Williams to fifth in the early-season standings and leaving them 61 points behind leaders McLaren.
Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, who finished 11th, was also disqualified for failing post-race weight checks.
Ferrari’s double exclusion shuffles the second half of the top 10 in China to dramatic effect, with Esteban Ocon promoted from seventh to fifth for Haas.
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli moves into sixth, with Williams’ Alex Albon seventh and British rookie Oliver Bearman eighth in the second Haas on what proved to be a bumper day for the American-owned team.
With Gasly excluded and therefore unable to benefit from what had been 11th, Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll moves up from 12th to ninth, with Carlos Sainz now taking the final point in 10th to open his Williams account.
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