Austrian Grand Prix
Offence
Russell 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
- Russell
- What happened
- Russell unnecessarily impeded Kvyat at turn 9.
- 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 Kvyat (Daniil Kvyat) and the driver of Russell (George Russell) and the team representatives and determined that Russell unnecessarily impeded Kvyat after the apex of Turn 9. The Stewards noted that Russell was not given the requisite warning by the team in a timely fashion about Kvyat approaching on a fast lap. Furthermore, the…
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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