Stenshorne is thirteenth within the F3 standings after two rounds and scored his first victory within the dash race final outing in Australia.
However a GB3 outing at Silverstone on 25-26 April has now had profound penalties on his season, as neither he nor his Hitech workforce knowledgeable the FIA or sought authorisation upfront.
This was due to this fact considered as a breach of the strict sporting rules as it might give him a “sporting benefit” when F3 heads to the British venue in July.
In addition to his exclusion, Stenshorne has had 4 factors added to his licence, taking his complete to 10 for the rolling 12-month interval.
The Norwegian was immediately introduced alongside fellow F3 driver Alex Dunne as the newest recruit to the McLaren growth programme, one thing Stenshorne described as “an honour”.
Explaining the reasoning for the powerful sanction, the FIA doc learn: “The driving force of automobile 15 defined that he was not conscious of the necessities of Article 10.4 and that each actions, the take a look at, and his participation within the GB3 occasion, had been organised by his administration workforce.
“The workforce consultant defined that he was unaware of the motive force’s participation within the GB3 take a look at and competitors in Silverstone till he obtained the summons from the stewards however admitted that Hitech Pulse-Eight was current within the occasion as they run three automobiles within the GB3 Championship.”
Nikola Tsolov, ART Grand Prix, Laurens van Hoepen, ART Grand Prix
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It was additional outlined that even when Hitech and Stenshorne had requested permission, this is able to not have been granted “as a result of similarities between the GB3 automobile and the F3 automobile and the sporting benefit achieve for the motive force.”
ART’s Tsolov has been handed the identical penalty and 4 factors on his license, however will miss the Spa spherical as a result of competing in a Eurocup occasion on the monitor not too long ago.
The British Grand Prix weekend is the fourth-last of the season, with solely occasions on the Hungaroring, Spa Francorchamps and Monza following.
Regardless of his midfield standing, Stenshorne is barely 27 factors off early leaders Luke Browning and Leonardo Fornaroli.
With title aspirations of his personal after becoming a member of the grid because the FRECA runner-up, this punishment solely will increase what was already an uphill problem.