British Grand Prix
Offence
Russell penalty, British GP 2021 - 3-place grid penalty for collision
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions. 1 Penalty Point (7 points in a 12 month period) - collision
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 British Grand Prix. It carries 1 penalty point toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Russell
- What happened
- Causing a collision with Sainz in turn 6.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 74 rulings: No action ×26 · +10s ×25 · +5s ×16
- Penalty points
- +1point
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Russell (George Russell), the driver of Sainz (Carlos Sainz), team representatives and reviewed video evidence. Russell & Sainz approached turn 6 with Russell on the inside, in the middle of the track, and Sainz on the outside. Russell locked the front brakes briefly and then understeered towards the edge of the track at the exit of the turn and contacted S…
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