French Grand Prix
Ricciardo penalty, French GP 20192 penalty points for off track, gained time
OutcomeA time penalty of 5 seconds is imposed after the race (5 seconds added to the elapsed race time). 2 penalty points imposed (total of 4 in the 12 month period)
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Ricciardo
- What happened
- Left the circuit and re-joined unsafely forcing another driver off the track.
- Offence
- Track limits - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 51 rulings in 2019: Deleted lap ×41 · +5s ×4 · +1 pt ×2
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 4)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video evidence and on-board video from multiple cars, heard from the driver of Ricciardo (Daniel Ricciardo), the driver of Norris (Lando Norris), the driver of Räikkönen (Kimi Raikkonen) and team representatives. Ricciardo started to pass Norris on the outside at turn 8. At the exit of the corner he distinctly left the track and the Stewards determined that he re-joined at… 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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