Oscar Piastri and George Russell were both left baffled during their interviews after qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix on Friday following a flurry of lap time deletions from the stewards.
When the chequered flag waved at the end of the session Max Verstappen was sitting pretty at the top of the standings, but below him, it was chaotic as both McLaren drivers saw their lap times deleted.
On the timing screens, it looked as though Lando Norris would line up in P2 ahead of Mercedes driver Russell, followed by Piastri in P4 and Lewis Hamilton in P5. This wasn’t, however, the way that things ended.
Norris knew immediately that his lap was set to be deleted, unleashing his frustrations over the team radio, although this fact escaped Russell during his post-race interview.
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