British Grand Prix
Offence
Albon penalty, British GP 2020 - 5s for incident with Magnussen
Outcome5 Second Time Penalty (2 penalty points imposed, total of 3 points in the 12 month period)
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2020 British Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Albon · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Incident between Albon and Magnussen in turn 18
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 3)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video evidence and determined that Albon was predominantly at fault for the collision at Turn 18. Passes at Turn 18 are unusual and difficult to execute. While Albon appeared to be the faster car the Stewards determined that he attempted the pass too late and the gap on the inside of Magnussen was always going to diminish. It appeared that he attempted to back out of the p…
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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