Qatar Grand Prix
Decision
Sainz investigation, Qatar GP 2021 - no further action for yellow flags
OutcomeNo further action - yellow flags
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix. The stewards took no further action.
- Driver
- Sainz · 4/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Alleged failure to respect single yellow flag.
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 64 rulings: Deleted lap ×23 · No action ×23 · Reprimand ×5
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Sainz (Carlos Sainz), the team representative and have reviewed video, marshalling system and telemetry evidence. The driver stated that although he did not see the yellow flag, he did see that Gasly was stationary on the right of the pit straight and therefore assumed that there was the probability that he was in a yellow flag area, so made a significant r…
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