SPIELBERG, Austria — McLaren’s try and protest the outcomes of qualifying on the Austrian Grand Prix has been dismissed by the stewards because it was deemed to be inadmissible.

The workforce tried to protest the outcomes after the stewards deleted Oscar Piastri’s quickest lap time in Q3, dropping him from third on the grid to seventh.

After qualifying, Piastri described the choice to delete his lap as “embarrassing.”

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The McLaren driver set the third quickest time behind Lando Norris and Max Verstappen, however it was deleted shortly after as all his automotive’s 4 wheels have been over the white line defining the observe restrict on the exit of Flip Six.

After summoning McLaren workforce principal Andrea Stella on Saturday night, the stewards shortly dismissed the protest.

“The subject material of the protest was a choice (deletion of a related lap time in accordance with Article 12.4.1 e) of the FIA Worldwide Sporting Code) taken by the stewards,” an announcement learn. “A call of the stewards just isn’t open to protest (Article 12.3.3 ISC).

“Moreover, the protest doesn’t meet a number of of the required standards for the admissibility of a protest.

“The Stewards subsequently reject the protest as it’s inadmissible.”

The stewards claimed McLaren’s preliminary protest didn’t “specify any related rules,” “didn’t specify in opposition to whom the protest was lodged” and “it did determine the issues of the protesting social gathering.”

In McLaren’s post-qualifying press launch, Stella was quoted by the workforce saying he believed the huge gravel lure on the exit of Flip Six ought to act because the observe restrict, though no point out of the protest was made.

“Oscar had his greatest lap in Q3 — which was price a P3 beginning place — deleted by what seems to be to be a questionable strategy to implementing observe limits,” Stella mentioned.

“Particularly, in a spot like Flip Six, during which observe limits are enforced by the observe configuration itself. It is a lengthy race and we’ll do our greatest to complete increased than the present P7 spot on the grid.”