Monaco Grand Prix
Gasly penalty, Monaco GP 20193-place grid penalty for impeding
OutcomeA drop of 3 grid positions of the Formula One Sporting Regulations. 1 penalty point imposed (total of 3 in the 12 month period) - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Gasly
- What happened
- Gasly unnecessarily impeded Grosjean at turn 4.
- 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 (FIA-stated total: 3)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video evidence and heard from the driver of Gasly (Pierre Gasly) and the driver of Grosjean (Romain Grosjean) and the team representatives. The driver of Grosjean had to brake hard to avoid colliding with Gasly which was going slowly on a preparation lap, and was on the race line. At the time Grosjean was clearly the only car on a fast lap in the area, and while the Stewar… 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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