Singapore Grand Prix
Hülkenberg investigation, Singapore GP 2019no further action for incident with Sainz
OutcomeNo further action
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Hülkenberg
- What happened
- Incident between Hülkenberg and Sainz in turn 5.
- Stewards' reasoning
- The stewards reviewed video evidence and determined that at turn 5 on the first lap, Sainz was taking a wide, traditional racing line; Hulkenburg took an inside line to pass. Sainz would not have reasonably seen the car on his inside and moved aggressively towards the apex of turn 5. As a result of both cars’ actions, they collided and the Stewards determined that this was a first lap racing in… full reasoning ↗
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