Hungarian Grand Prix
Offence
Giovinazzi penalty, Hungarian GP 2019 - 3-place grid penalty for impeding
OutcomeA drop of 3 grid positions of the Formula One Sporting Regulations. (1 penalty point awarded, 4 points in the 12 month period) - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix. It carries 1 penalty point toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Giovinazzi
- What happened
- Giovinazzi unnecessarily impeded Stroll between turns 4 and 5.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 42 rulings: +3 grid ×14 · No action ×13 · Warning ×8
- Regulation cited
- Art. 31.4
- Penalty points
- +1point
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video, audio, GPS and telemetry evidence and heard from the driver of Giovinazzi (Antonio Giovinazzi) and the driver of Stroll (Lance Stroll) and the team representatives. Notwithstanding the fact that the team incorrectly informed the driver of Giovinazzi that he was “in phase” with Stroll, when in fact Stroll was on a push lap, it is the driver’s responsibility to ensure…
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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