Lawson disqualified in Mexico: technical compliance applies even without an advantage
Racing Bulls disclosed the breach themselves. Lawson is set to start at the back; Sunday's race begins at 21:00 Budapest time.
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Liam Lawson has lost his Mexico qualifying result: FIA decision 57 disqualified the Racing Bulls driver. After his fastest Q2 lap, the reduction in MGU-K deployment did not meet the prescribed rate.
Self-reporting did not save the result
The team disclosed the breach and argued that it gained no advantage. The stewards said that did not excuse technical non-compliance.
According to F1's report, Lawson originally qualified eighth and is now set to start at the back. The decision fell on 1 November in Budapest time. Sunday's race starts at 21:00; M4's build-up begins at 20:30. Read about the earlier, separate grid penalty here.
