Qatar Grand Prix
Bottas penalty, Qatar GP 20213-place grid penalty for yellow flags
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions (1 penalty point imposed, total of 5 points in the 12 month period) - yellow flags
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Bottas
- What happened
- Failure to respect single yellow flag.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 15 rulings in 2021: No action ×9 · +5 grid ×2 · 10s stop+go ×2
- Penalty points
- +1point (FIA-stated total: 5)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Bottas (Valtteri Bottas), the team representative and have reviewed video, telemetry and the marshalling system evidence. The driver admitted he did not notice the yellow flag displayed at Flag Point 16.6 and conceded that he did not reduce speed as required in the yellow flag area despite noting that Gasly was stationary on the pit straight.
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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