Summary
The Stewards decided not to penalise Nico Hülkenberg for impeding Carlos Sainz in qualifying, citing extraordinary mitigating circumstances due to reliance on incorrect timing data.
Explanation
The stewards investigated an incident where Car 27 (Nico Hülkenberg) impeded Car 55 (Carlos Sainz) at Turn 5 during Qualifying. While it was determined that Car 55 was unnecessarily impeded, no penalty was applied due to extraordinary mitigating circumstances. The team of Car 27 had relied on data from the official timing provider that incorrectly indicated Car 55 had already taken the chequered flag, and this information was communicated to the driver over the radio. The stewards deemed this reliance reasonable, as the data source was official, even though it was briefly inconsistent.
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