Austrian Grand Prix
Offence
Räikkönen penalty, Austrian GP 2021 - drive-through for collision with Vettel
OutcomeDrive-through penalty, imposed after the race (20 seconds added to elapsed race time) 2 Penalty Points (6 points in a 12 month period) - collision
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Räikkönen
- What happened
- Causing a collision with Vettel in turn 5.
- What this outcome means
- Drive-through penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 74 rulings: No action ×26 · +10s ×25 · +5s ×16
- Regulation cited
- Art. 38.3
- Penalty points
- +2points
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Räikkönen (Kimi Raikkonen), the driver of Vettel (Sebastian Vettel), team representatives and reviewed video evidence. Exiting T5 RAI closed the door on VET, which caused a collision taking both cars off the track.
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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