Max Verstappen narrowly claimed pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix, but has now been handed a one-place grid penalty by the stewards for impeding second-placed George Russell during the final part of qualifying.
It’s a pretty solid impeding penalty, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a single place penalty be handed out for that.
The article mentions how it was a “complicated one” since neither driver is on a hot lap. Interesting, all of it
Yeah the last paragraph doesn’t even make any sense. https://www.fia.com/news/f1-verstappen-loses-qatar-pole-following-one-place-grid-penalty
Maybe being a race director for both F1 and F2, during a sprint weekend, is too much work. Or maybe Marques should be fired too…