Liam Lawson has taken a late grid penalty - two minutes after the FIA confirmed the final starting grid. As per the regulations, the FIA always announce the official grid for a race an hour before the scheduled start. That was the case for the race at Melbourne's Albert Park but just two minutes later the FIA announced a penalty for Red Bull's Lawson. The New Zealander, who has endured a wretched first weekend on his debut for Red Bull, was due to start 18th after mistakes in qualifying resulted in a surprising exit from Q1. But the team has opted to make late adjustments to the RB21, meaning Lawson will now join Haas driver Ollie Bearman in making a pit lane start. A report from technical delegate Jo Bauer read: "The rear wing and beam wing of car number 30 were changed to ones of a different specification. "Therefore car number 30 should now be required to start the Race from the pit lane according to Article 40.9 a) of the 2025 Formula One Sporting Regulations."
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