Turkish Grand Prix
Russell penalty, Turkish GP 20203 penalty points for yellow flags
OutcomeDrop of five grid places (3 penalty points imposed, total of 6 points in the 12 month period) - yellow flags
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Russell
- What happened
- Failure to respect double yellow flags at turn 3.
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 7 rulings in 2020: No action ×3 · +3 grid ×2 · +3 pts ×2
- Penalty points
- +3points (FIA-stated total: 6)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Russell (George Russell), the team representative and have reviewed video, telemetry and marshalling system evidence. Russell approached turn 2, which was under double yellow flags for Kvyat (Daniel Kvyat) who was spinning off track on the outside of the turn. While Russell made an attempt to slow when encountering the double yellow flags, in the opinion of… 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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