Hungarian Grand Prix
Giovinazzi penalty, Hungarian GP 20193-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
Offence · Published
- 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 11 rulings in 2019: +3 grid ×9 · No action ×2
- 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… 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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