Belgian Grand Prix
Offence
Pérez warning, Belgian GP 2020 - impeding
OutcomeWarning ( Art. 12.3.1.a ) - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix.
- Driver
- Pérez
- What happened
- Impeding Grosjean
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 120 rulings: No action ×41 · +3 grid ×35 · Fine ×14
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Pérez (Sergio Perez) and team representative and have reviewed multiple angles of video evidence, and radio calls to the drivers. It was obvious that Pérez unnecessarily impeded Grosjean. The driver of Pérez conceded that he had been warned by the team of the approach of Grosjean and had accelerated in order to try to give Pérez “a tow”. He conceded he coul…
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