Williams’ shocking day at Zandvoort ended with a disqualification for Alex Albon.
Following Logan Sargeant’s massive crash in FP3, the Grove-based team only had one car in qualifying.
The Thai driver had done an excellent job in the session itself, qualifying P8 on the grid, ahead of the likes of Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton.
However, during post-qualifying scrutineering, the FIA discovered the floor body was outside the regulatory volume.
The inevitable verdict of a disqualification was reached.
FIA statement
“The Stewards heard from the team representatives of Car 23 (Alexander Albon), the FIA Technical Delegate, the FIA Scrutineer conducting the measurement of the car and the FIA Single Seater Director.
“The floor body of Car 23 was found to lie outside the regulatory volume mentioned inArticle 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 theregulations has been followed. Therefore the standard penalty for such anintringement is applied.”
