Austrian Grand Prix result not yet decided after successful Aston Martin protest - ESPN

Stewards at the Austrian Grand Prix have upheld a protest by the Aston Martin F1 team that claimed «a number of cars» were not penalised for exceeding track, meaning the race result is not yet final.

Seven drivers received penalties for continuously going beyond the white lines that define the limits of the track during Sunday's race, with race control deleting in excess of 100 laps in total as a result of drivers straying wide.

Under F1's regulations, drivers receive a warning after exceeding track limits three times, followed by a penalty for the fourth transgression.

Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Logan Sargeant, Yuki Tsunoda, Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton and Kevin Magnussen all received in-race or post-race five-second penalties for track limits violations.

However, Aston Martin argued other drivers should have been penalised during the race but slipped through the net. Its two drivers, Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, finished sixth and 10th.

The stewards allowed the protest and said the final result of the race was still to be determined.

«An examination of the list of deleted lap times provided to the stewards by race control, revealed that a number of track limit infringements had not previously been referred to the stewards for potential penalty,» the stewards said. «It was determined that some of these infringements warranted a penalty that was not previously applied when the provisional classification was published.

»These penalties will be reflected in the final classification."

Three hours after the end of the race, a communication from the FIA said it was still analyzing over 1,200 possible infringements.

«Regarding the track limits infringements at the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, we note that due