Max Verstappen is off to see the stewards in Miami, having been summoned following Friday’s Sprint Qualifying session.

The Red Bull driver qualified in fourth place for the Sprint Qualifying race in Miami but faces a nervous wait to see where he’ll start Saturday’s race following the FIA stewards issuing him with a summons.

Why has Max Verstappen been summoned?

Shortly after the Sprint Qualifying session around the Miami International Autodrome ended, a summons came through for Verstappen, on the grounds of an alleged breach of Article 33.4 of the FIA Formula 1 Sporting Regulations and Article 12.2.1.i of the International Sporting Code.

This pertains to non-compliance with the directions issued by the Race Director in his specific event notes – in this case, item 1 of Rui Marques’ notes for the race weekend in Miami.

This item dictates the maximum times drivers must adhere to during the Sprint Qualifying, qualifying, and pre-race reconnaissance laps, in order to ensure drivers don’t drive around too slowly.

Drivers are required to stay below the maximum time, set by the FIA, between the first and second Safety Car lines on any lap during the aforementioned sessions – the time, in this case, being 1:45.0.

Aside from Verstappen, five other drivers committed a similar offence during SQ1 – Williams’ drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz, Mercedes’ George Russell, Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson, and Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto.

In their cases, no further action is being taken as “The drivers concerned stayed at or above speeds necessary to stay below 1:45.0 around the vast majority of the circuit.

“However, in all cases, the Stewards determined that the drivers took appropriate actions to not impede other drivers and slowed down significantly to allow other drivers to pass while giving those drivers a clear track or had already taken the chequered flag.

“The Stewards, therefore, determine that the drivers concerned did not drive “unnecessarily slowly”, and that evidently the reason they were above the maximum time was due to their appropriate actions and take no further action.”

This article will be updated.

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