Russian Grand Prix
Räikkönen penalty, Russian GP 2019drive-through for false start
OutcomeDrive-through penalty. (2 penalty points imposed, total of 2 in the 12 month period)
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Räikkönen
- What happened
- Räikkönen moved before the start signal was given.
- What this outcome means
- Drive-through penalty explained →
- Offence
- Jump start - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 2 rulings in 2019: drive-through ×1 · No action ×1
- Regulation cited
- Art. 36.13, Art. 8.6.1.b
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 2)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video evidence and the jump-start report based on the information from the FIA approved and supplied transponder fitted to each car and found that Räikkönen had moved before the start signal was given. This was clearly visible as Räikkönen moved forward while the light(s) were illuminated red and was therefore out of position at the start. This was a breach of Article 36.1… 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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