Alex Albon has been disqualified from the Dutch Grand Prix qualifying classification after his floor was found to be in breach of the technical regulations.
The Williams driver ended Q3 in an impressive eighth place, his best qualifying result of the season.
However, FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer referred his car to the stewards after the ”floor body was found to lie outside the regulatory volume mentioned in Article 3.5.1 a)” of the technical regulations.
Albon's disqualification from the session means he will have to start the race from the back of the grid.
There, he will be joined by team-mate Logan Sargeant who failed to take part in the session due to a crash during FP3.
Williams has detailed that it is “incredibly disappointed with this outcome and will be carrying out a thorough investigation and will provide an update soon.”
Stewards' verdict in fulll
The floor body of Car 23 was found to lie outside the regulatory volume mentioned in Article 3.5.1 a) of the FIA Formula One Technical Regulations.
The team did not dispute the calibration of the FIA measuring system and the measurement of the car, but stated that their own measurements have produced different results.
The Stewards determine that the result of the measurement conducted with the FIA system in Parc Ferme is the relevant one and the due process prescribed by the regulations has been followed.
Therefore the standard penalty for such an infringement is applied.
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