Italian Grand Prix
Offence
Verstappen penalty, Italian GP 2021 - 2 penalty points for collision
Outcome3 Grid Place Drop at the driver’s next event. (2 penalty points imposed, total of 2 points in the 12 month period) - collision
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Verstappen
- What happened
- Collision with Hamilton in turn 2.
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 74 rulings: No action ×26 · +10s ×25 · +5s ×16
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 2)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Verstappen (Max Verstappen), the driver of Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton) and team representatives, reviewed the video evidence and determined that the driver of Verstappen was predominantly to blame for the collision with Hamilton at Turn 2. Hamilton was exiting the pits. Verstappen was on the main straight. At the 50m board before Turn 1, Hamilton was signific…
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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