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Red Bull reportedly questioned whether Race Director call not to restart Q3 was ‘legit’Red Bull were reportedly left questioning whether the Race Director’s decision not to restart qualifying despite there being 1:38 on the clock was “legit”.Championship leader Max Verstappen will start Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix from ninth place on the grid after the Red Bull driver was denied the opportunity to set a time on his second attempt due to Charles Leclerc’s crash, which brought out the red flags.
With the faster drivers lapping in the 1m27s that meant theoretically there was still time for an out-lap and for at least some of the drivers to cross the line to begin a flying lap. However, Race director Niels Wittich opted not to restart the session.“Time was ticking down. Once he saw Leclerc’s crash, arguably had he pressed the red flag right then, possibly that would have been enough for an out-lap for a 1m28 lap. Ten seconds for an out-lap. Arguably not, but possible.
“After qualifying,” Kravitz continued, “Christian Horner and Adrian Newey were on the pitwall asking Jonathan Wheatley – the rules man at Red Bull – whether that was legit, basically whether the Race Director could say under what circumstances the session would not resume.“If you were cynical you could say they wanted Verstappen on pole instead, but I don’t think that they think that way. In fact, I know they don’t think that way.
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