German Grand Prix
Decision
Hamilton investigation, German GP 2019 - no further action for driving too slowly
OutcomeNo further action - safety-car infringement
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2019 German Grand Prix. The stewards took no further action.
- Driver
- Hamilton · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Alleged driving unnecessarily slowly under the safety car.
- Offence
- Driving unnecessarily slowly - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 7 rulings: No action ×5 · Reprimand ×2
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video, radio, telemetry evidence and delta time evidence. Hamilton appeared to be going unnecessarily slowly during the Safety Car period, relative to the cars in-front of and behind him. However, the Stewards determined that because Hamilton pitted due to his own incident during the VSC/Safety Car period, and the subsequent long pit stop, he had completed one less lap und…
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