Sao Paulo: Steward Formula One was called by the Red Bull Championship leader Max Verstappen to an audience on Saturday for alleged violations of the International Sports Code of Management Agency at the Grand Prix Sao Paulo.
They quote articles 2.5.1 of the code, which concerns access to the area parc Ferme safe where the car is held after the qualifying session.
Dutch Driver Verstappen, 24, leading Mercedes’ world champion Times Lewis Hamilton was 19 points with four remaining races.
Hamilton meets the fastest requirements on Friday, with the second verstappen, for Saturday sprint races that will determine the grid for the Grand Prix on Sunday.
The Hamilton car was also being investigated in interlagos after the top rear wing element failed post-qualified technical inspection.
Verstappen and representatives of the team have to report to the steward at 9:30 a.m.
Time of Brazil (1230 GMT).
Video recording posted on social media after Friday qualifications showed Verstappen seemed to check and check with his hands the rear wing Red Bull and Hamilton’s Mercedes.
Article 2.5.1 states that in the Parc Ferme area “no operation, checking, tuning or repair is permitted” unless authorized by officials.
The servants who listened to the legality of the rear wing Hamilton was postponed overnight with the FIA ​​government said they were waiting for further evidence that would not be available until morning.