Styrian Grand Prix
Leclerc penalty, Styrian GP 20203-place grid penalty for impeding
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions. (1 penalty point awarded, 3 points in total for the 12 month period) - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Leclerc
- What happened
- Impeding of Kvyat in turns 9 and 10 at 16:16.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 8 rulings in 2020: Warning ×3 · No action ×2 · +1 pt ×1
- Penalty points
- +1point
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Leclerc (Charles Leclerc) and the team representative and have reviewed video evidence. The driver of Leclerc had been adequately informed by the team after turn 7 that Kvyat would be approaching and that he should watch out for traffic. Following this, he accelerated on the approach to turn 9, but eventually slowed down again after spotting another car in… full reasoning ↗
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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