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Perez hit with grid drop as Russell escapes penalty

Article To news overview © XPB Sergio Perez will start Saturday's Sprint race in Austria from tenth on the grid instead of fourth, after the Mexican had all his lap times from Q3 deleted for exceeding track limits. Perez left the track at Turn 8 on his final flying lap of Q2, in which the Mexican posted a fast enough time to progress to Q3. Usual procedure would have resulted in the lap in question being deleted; however, as the infringement was only noticed by stewards until moments before Q3 started, Perez competed in Q3 and set a time fast enough for fourth on the grid. Had Perez’s Q2 lap time been deleted, the Mexican would not have made it through to Q3, and stewards therefore...
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