By Joe Murphy
Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have been disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix after their cars both failed post-race technical checks.
Team-mates Leclerc and Hamilton finished fifth and sixth respectively for Ferrari in the Shanghai race but, after two different mandatory post-race scrutineering checks carried out by FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer failed, the points were removed.
Leclerc’s car was found to be 1kg underweight while Hamilton’s was omitted for excessive skid-plank wear, a repeat of the infringement that cost him second place at the US GP in 2023 when a Mercedes driver.
The removal of the two Ferraris from the final classicisation means the team have lost 18 points in the Constructors’ Championship.
Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, who finished 11th, was also disqualified for failing post-race weight checks.
Ferrari’s double exclusion shuffles the second half of the top 10 to dramatic effect, with Esteban Ocon promoted from seventh to fifth for Haas.
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli moves into sixth, with Williams’ Alex Albon seventh and British rookie Oliver Bearman eighth in the second Haas in a bumper day for the American-owned team. Stroll achieved 9th and Sainz 10th in the final standings.
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