Bahrain Grand Prix
Grosjean penalty, Bahrain GP 20193-place grid penalty for impeding
OutcomeA drop of 3 grid positions of the Formula One Sporting Regulations. (1 penalty point awarded, 8 points in total for the 12 month period) - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Grosjean
- What happened
- Driving unnecessarily slowly and impeding Norris in turn 14.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 11 rulings in 2019: +3 grid ×9 · No action ×2
- Regulation cited
- Art. 31.4
- Penalty points
- +1point
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video evidence and heard from the driver of Grosjean (Romain Grosjean) and the driver of Norris (Lando Norris) and the team representatives. The driver of Grosjean stated that he was about to commence a push lap when he was overtaken by Vettel and thus slowed significantly to maintain a sufficient gap. He was not advised by the team of the rapid approach of Norris, which w… full reasoning ↗
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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