McLaren's Lando Norris pole lap for Formula 1's sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix was deleted and then reinstated, as race control manually overruled its scoring system.
Rain made the already slippery Shanghai surface even more treacherous and Friday afternoon's final segment of sprint qualifying was peppered with incidents, with world champion Max Verstappen going off twice and Charles Leclerc tapping the wall with his front wing. McLaren driver Norris bagged sprint pole, but not before his lap was briefly deleted.
Had he gained an advantage going off, or had the event notes explicitly stated the lap time would be deleted, however, then it would have been scrubbed. But Shanghai's gravel trap on the exit of the final left-hander makes it almost impossible to leave the track and gain an advantage. 'They might have thought that in this case, I think if he'd been off at the last corner it kind of has implications for the following lap,' Stella told Sky Sports F1.
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