Canadian Grand Prix
Vettel penalty, Canadian GP 20195s for re-joinged unsafely and forced hamilton of the track
Outcome5 second time penalty (2 point awarded, 7 points in total for the 12 month period) - track limits
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Vettel
- What happened
- Vettel left the track, re-joined unsafely and forced another car off track.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 5 rulings in 2019: +10s ×2 · +5s ×1 · drive-through ×1
- Stewards' reasoning
- The stewards reviewed video evidence and determined that Vettel,left the track at turn 3, rejoined the track at turn 4 in an unsafe manner and forced Hamilton off track. Hamilton had to take evasive action to avoid a collision.
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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