Mexican Grand Prix
Offence
Räikkönen reprimand, Mexican GP 2021 - turn 2
OutcomeReprimand (Driving) (This is the driver’s 1st reprimand of the season)
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Mexican Grand Prix.
- Driver
- Räikkönen
- What happened
- Failed to follow the Race Director’s Instruction.
- What this outcome means
- Reprimand explained →
- Regulation cited
- Art. 21.1a
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Räikkönen (Kimi Raikkonen) and team representative. Räikkönen left the track on the left-hand side between turns 1 and 2 and re-joined the track before turn 2 rather than re-joining by driving to the left-hand side of the bollard at turn 3. Whilst noting the driver’s comments in relation to crossing the grass at this point, the Stewards consider this to be…
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