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The FIA stewards have explained why Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg advanced to Q2 with a lap that exceeded track limits, an incident that robbed Williams driver Alex Albon of a spot in the second round of qualifying in Bahrain.
Hulkenberg’s third and final push lap in Q1 yielded a 1m31.998s, enough to dump out Albon by a mere 0.042s. The German then went on to qualify 13th in Q2, before his …Keep reading