The stewards have opted to take no further action after Oscar Piastri was alleged to have impeded Pierre Gasly during qualifying.

Having heard from both drivers, their team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, telemetry, team radio and in-car video evidence, the stewards found that the telemetry of the Alpine showed the throttle was at 100% when Gasly approached and overtook the McLaren in Turn 4.

The Frenchman said he had to make a minor direction change but that it did not affect his lap.

He also stated that he was not impacted by the McLaren and the data showed he achieved his fastest mini-sector time at the point.

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1. Posted by kenji, 26/11/2023 2:22

"Neither there should be. The Sky team were almost salivating at the prospect of OP getting a penalty although after Davidson's analysis he had to concede that Gasly lost no time and actually put in his best sector! That added to Gasly's honesty, [what else could he have said ] that he wasn't impeded set the seal on an appeal that should never have been lodged let alone gone on to a stewards hearing. Norris is now being pushed very hard, pretty consistently, and he is making too many errors as a result. It is six years since he has had a win in anything and he's had five F1 seasons. Norris can be very very fast and his string of podiums bear witness to that. IMO he needs to know his own limits better then he may take an F1 win. Desperation has proved the undoing of many a driver. By contrast, first look at OP's maiden season shows a pretty cool and measured approach taken by Piastri. Unusual in one so ypoung. That seems to work for him as the results show. Next year will be an exciting challenge between these two. Roll on....."

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