SUZUKA, Japan – Both Renault Formula One Team entries have been disqualified from the Japanese Grand Prix, after a protest brought by rivals Racing Point was upheld.
The disqualification means the French marque loses the nine points it scored in Suzuka, where Daniel Ricciardo finished sixth and Nico Hulkenberg came home 10th.
Racing Point’s protest regarded an alleged breach of the Sporting and Technical Regulations and the FIA International Sporting Code, relating to a ‘pre-set lap distance-dependent brake bias adjustment system’.
Having determined the protest was admissible, the FIA standard electronic control units and the steering wheels used by Ricciardo and Hulkenberg were sealed and impounded after the race for further investigation.
The result of that investigation means that Racing Point’s Lance Stroll and Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat will now be classified ninth and 10th respectively.
Meanwhile, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly, and Racing Point’s Sergio Perez move up to sixth, seventh and eighth in the final rundown.