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Verstappen demoted to P4 following VSC infringement in Sprint

© XPB  Michael Delaney 02/11/2024 at 16:5402/11/2024 at 17:29 Max Verstappen has been demoted from third to fourth in the final standings of Saturday’s Sprint event after the Red Bull driver was hit with a five-second penalty for breaching the Virtual Safety Car rules. The FIA stewards deemed that Verstappen had transgressed the regulations by driving too fast under the VSC conditions in the closing stages of the race. Under the VSC regime, drivers must respect the latter’s delta time, which mandates they stay above a minimum lap and sector time when the VSC is active. Drivers have a real-time delta displayed on their steering wheel to help them maintain a legal pace under...
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