The Miami Grand Prix took an unexpected turn before Sunday's main race.
After a protocol review, Isack Hadjar was disqualified, a decision that modified the grid and directly benefited Alpine, Franco Colapinto's team.The sanction was confirmed by the FIA after, in the technical verification following the qualification, it was detected that the Frenchman's car was not complying with the regulations. According to the technical delegate's report, parts of the floorboard protruded two millimeters beyond what was allowed
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The Red Bull team did not object to the violation during the hearing with the stewards, who decided to exclude the driver from their qualifying time. As a result, Hadjar lost his original position and will have to start from the pitlane
