Russian Grand Prix
Hamilton penalty, Russian GP 20205s for start procedure
Outcome5 second time penalty
Stewards' document · Published
- Driver
- Hamilton · 1/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Practice start violation.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Start-procedure infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 5 rulings in 2020: +5s ×4 · Reprimand ×1
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards received information from the team that the driver of Hamilton had received a team instruction to perform the practice start in the incorrect place. This was confirmed by the Stewards having listened to the audio between the Team and the Driver. Based on this information the Stewards replace document 47 with this decision and therefore remove the penalty points imposed.
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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