Brazilian Grand Prix
Hamilton penalty, Brazilian GP 2021€5,000 fine for safety belts
OutcomeThe driver is fined €5,000 with an additional €20,000 which is suspended through the end of 2022
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Hamilton · 1/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Undid safety belts while in motion on the track.
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the team representative and reviewed video evidence. The driver of Hamilton, Lewis Hamilton, undid his seat belts on the in-lap at the end of the race. While the Stewards are sympathetic to the desire to celebrate, it is fundamentally unsafe to undo the seatbelts while the car is in motion. Slow speeds in these cars are very fast for an unrestrained occupant. Further, Fo… full reasoning ↗
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