Gasly Given Three-Place Grid Drop After Silverstone Qualifying Impede

Stewards accepted an FOM radio fault but said dashboard information left Gasly responsible so the starting order at Silverstone was changed.

Overview

During Q1 at Silverstone on Saturday, Pierre Gasly remained on the racing line on his in‑lap approaching Turn 15 and forced Lance Stroll off line while Stroll was on a timed lap.
Gasly told stewards his radio was not working and his team and Formula One Management confirmed a technical fault with FOM equipment.
The stewards accepted the equipment failure as mitigating but ruled the lack of radio contact did not remove the driver’s duty to avoid impeding another car and imposed the standard three‑place grid penalty.
The penalty moves Gasly from 12th to 15th on the grid and promotes Nico Hülkenberg, Oliver Bearman and Carlos Sainz each one place, while Stroll will still start at the back after a separate power‑unit change.
The FIA also closed separate probes into Esteban Ocon and Isack Hadjar with no further action and the ruling highlights that drivers must use on‑car displays and other information when radio contact fails, changing race tactics for those affected.