Austrian Grand Prix
Vettel penalty, Austrian GP 20213-place grid penalty for impeding
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions 1 Penalty Point (6 points in a 12 month period) - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Vettel
- What happened
- Impeding of Alonso.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 14 rulings in 2021: No action ×6 · +3 grid ×3 · Fine ×2
- Penalty points
- +1point
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Vettel (Sebastian Vettel), the driver of Alonso (Fernando Alonso) and team representatives and reviewed video evidence. ALO was on his fast lap just before the end of Q2. When he approached the last two corners (9 and 10), there was still a queue of 3 cars preparing for their final qualifying lap. VET was the last car in this line and impeded ALO and as a r… full reasoning ↗
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