Bahrain Grand Prix
Vettel penalty, Bahrain GP 20215-place grid penalty for yellow flags
Outcome5 grid place penalty (3 penalty points imposed, total of 3 points in the 12 month period) - yellow flags
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Vettel
- What happened
- Failure to respect double yellow flags at turn 1.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 15 rulings in 2021: No action ×9 · +5 grid ×2 · 10s stop+go ×2
- Penalty points
- +3points (FIA-stated total: 3)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Vettel (Sebastian Vettel), the team representative and have reviewed video, radio, telemetry and marshalling system evidence, from both Vettel and the cars surrounding him. Mazepin spun at Turn 1 in the last moments of Q1 bringing out a double yellow flag in the marshalling sector. Bottas, Vettel, Perez and Russell approached the scene and drove past Mazepi… 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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