FIA summons Verstappen over alleged yellow-flag pass on Hamilton

FIA stewards summoned Max Verstappen and a Red Bull representative over an alleged pass on Lewis Hamilton under yellow during Singapore Sprint Qualifying on 9 October.

The reported pass followed Sergio Pérez’s crash in SQ1. His Cadillac was damaged, and debris on the circuit brought out yellow flags.

RacingNews365 reported that Hamilton told his team by radio that Verstappen had passed him under yellow. The outlet said Verstappen replied that he had done so as a precaution given the circumstances.

The FIA’s summonses cite an alleged breach of Appendix H, Article 2.5.5 b), of the International Sporting Code and give 20:35 as the incident time. Verstappen, Hamilton and a representative from each team were required to report to the stewards at 22:15 on 9 October.

Verstappen later topped SQ1 with a 1m33.477s lap, 0.018s ahead of Charles Leclerc.