Italian Grand Prix
Gasly penalty, Italian GP 2021pit-lane start for es change of specification
OutcomeRequired to start the race from the pit lane
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Gasly
- What happened
- The energy store (ES) has been changed.
- Regulation cited
- Art. 34.2, Art. 34.8
- Stewards' reasoning
- The changed energy store is of a different specification from the one used during qualifying. The part was replaced with the approval of the FIA Technical Delegate as per article 34.2. As the energy store is a different specification and was changed whilst the car was in parc ferme, the competitor is required to start the race from the pit lane per article 34.8 b) of the FIA Formula One Sportin… full reasoning ↗
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