Austrian Grand Prix
Hamilton investigation, Austrian GP 2020no further action for yellow flags
OutcomeNo further action - yellow flags
← This resolved the original summons
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Hamilton · 1/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Alleged failure to slow for single waved yellow flags between turn 5 and 7.
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 7 rulings in 2020: No action ×3 · +3 grid ×2 · +3 pts ×2
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton) and the team representative and have reviewed video and telemetry evidences. The driver mentioned that he passed a green light panel in turn 5. The video footage confirmed that there have been yellow flags and green light panels at the same time and therefore conflicting signals were shown to the driver. Taking this into account, t… full reasoning ↗
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