French Grand Prix
Ricciardo investigation, French GP 2019no further action for impeding Räikkönen
OutcomeNo Further Action - impeding
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Ricciardo
- What happened
- Ricciardo alleged to have unnecessarily impeded Räikkönen in turn 11.
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 11 rulings in 2019: +3 grid ×9 · No action ×2
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video evidence and heard from the driver of Ricciardo (Daniel Ricciardo) and the driver of Räikkönen (Kimi Raikkonen) and the team representatives. Ricciardo explained that he had been advised by the team that Raikkonen was closing on a fast lap and attempted to move out of the way. Both drivers agreed that had Ricciardo taken any other line it would probably have affected… full reasoning ↗
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