Austrian Grand Prix
Offence
Hamilton penalty, Austrian GP 2020 - 3-place grid penalty for yellow flags
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions. (2 penalty points awarded, 5 points in total for the 12 month period) - yellow flags
← This resolved the original summons
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Hamilton · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Failure to slow for single waved yellow flags between turn 5 and 7.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 88 rulings: No action ×31 · Deleted lap ×26 · Reprimand ×7
- Penalty points
- +2points
- Stewards' reasoning
- Following a petition to review decision 33 taken after Qualifying, the Stewards acknowledged that the on-board footage of Hamilton represents a significant new element (see decision 41) that had not been available to the Stewards in the hearing on Saturday and therefore reviewed the case. The Stewards heard from the driver of Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton) and the team representative and have review…
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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