Turkish Grand Prix
Offence
Russell penalty, Turkish GP 2020 - 3 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
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix. It carries 3 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- 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 88 rulings: No action ×31 · Deleted lap ×26 · Reprimand ×7
- 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…
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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