French Grand Prix
Räikkönen investigation, French GP 2019no further action for impeding Grosjean
OutcomeNo Further Action - impeding
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Räikkönen
- What happened
- Räikkönen alleged to have unnecessarily impeded Grosjean between turns 11 and 12.
- 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 Räikkönen Kimi Raikkonen), the driver of Grosjean (Romain Grosjean) and the team representatives. The driver of Grosjean, Grosjean, stated to the Stewards that he saw the smoke and dust from Räikkönen when Raikkonen was off track and at that time he backed off, expecting a yellow flag. Raikkonen continued and he noted to the Stew… full reasoning ↗
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