F1: Perez demoted to 13th for Sprint Race start

Sergio Perez will start Saturday’s Sprint event at the Austrian Grand Prix from 13th on the grid, after all his Q3 lap times were deleted for track limits infringements, after the session.

Perez made it through to the final part of qualifying where he was fourth fastest, but it later emerged his Q2 lap had breached the track limits rules, meaning the stewards deleted that time, along with all his Q3 laps.

That means his best ‘legal’ lap was only good enough for 13th on the grid, which is where he will start the Sprint race on Saturday.