Romain Grosjean has been hit with a three-place grid penal𝄹ty for impeding Lando Norris during Formula 1 qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. 

McLaren’s Norris was coming to the end of his first flying lap 🍷in Q1 when he met a slow Grosjean at the final corner. 

The Haas dr♑iver failed to get out of the way sufficiently and subsequently held up Norris, earning him a three🎀-place grid drop in Bahrain. 

“The driver of car eight [Grosjean] st☂ated that he was about to commence a push lap when he was overtaken by car five [Sebastian Vettel] and thus slowed signific๊antly to maintain a sufficient gap,” an FIA statement read. 

“He was not advised by the team of the rapid approac🌜h of car four [Norris], which was on a push lap. The speed differential was 136 km/h at the point where car four h🌟ad to take avoiding action.

“The stewards accept that the driver of car 8 did not intentionally intend to impede, however it is the driverꦅ’s responsibility to be aware, when travelling abnormally slowly, that faster cars may be approaching.”

Grosjean, who quaꦗlified eighth on the grid, will now start from 11th, moving Kimi Raikkonen up to eighth, Norris up to ninth and Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo inside the top ten.&🌞nbsp;

The Frenchman also picked up a penalty point for his actions, meaning he has moved on to eight for the current 12-month period and is just four a💟way from a potential race ban.