Austrian Grand Prix
Offence
Hamilton penalty, Austrian GP 2019 - 3-place grid penalty for impeding
OutcomeA drop of 3 grid positions of the Formula One Sporting Regulations. (1 penalty point awarded, 1 points in total for the 12 month period) - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix. It carries 1 penalty point toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Hamilton · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Impeding by Hamilton on Räikkönen at turn 3.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 42 rulings: +3 grid ×14 · No action ×13 · Warning ×8
- Regulation cited
- Art. 31.4
- Penalty points
- +1point
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video evidence and heard from the driver of Räikkönen (Kimi Raikkonen) and the driver of Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton) and the team representatives and determined that Hamilton unnecessarily impeded Räikkönen at turn 3. Hamilton had just come out of the pits and was informed of the cars approaching, including Räikkönen. Although Hamilton tried to take evasive action when he be…
Source: FIA stewards' decision document (PDF, fia.com). The Time Penalty links to the official document and, where it can, summarises the outcome in a sentence; it does not host or alter the document.
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