Charles Leclerc was slapped with a three-place Sprint grid penalty after he impeded Oscar Piastri during qualifying for the short-form race.
It happened on Saturday morning, during the first part of the session. Piastri was on a flying lap heading into the second-to-last corner when he had to take evasive action to avoid the slow-moving Ferrari.
It proved to be costly for the Aussie who was one of the first five drivers knocked out of that session. And Leclerc benefitted from it himself as he was 15th and next in line to be knocked out if Piastri improved his time.
