Qatar Grand Prix
Offence
Verstappen penalty, Qatar GP 2021 - 5-place grid penalty for yellow flags
Outcome1. Deletion of lap time set under double yellow flags 1:21.282 2. Drop of 5 grid positions (2 penalty points imposed, total of 4 points in the 12 month period)
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Verstappen
- What happened
- Failure to respect double yellow flags.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 64 rulings: Deleted lap ×23 · No action ×23 · Reprimand ×5
- Regulation cited
- Art. 27.1, Art. 27.2
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 4)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Verstappen (Max Verstappen), the team representative and have reviewed video, marshalling system and telemetry evidence. Double yellow flags were displayed at Flag point 16.6 after the exit from Turn 16 (however the lights system was not enabled). The Stewards note the representations of the driver and team representative for mitigation of penalty in view o…
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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