Russian Grand Prix
Offence
Stroll penalty, Russian GP 2021 - 10s for collision with Gasly
Outcome10 second time penalty imposed after the race. (10 seconds added to elapsed race time) 2 penalty points (total of 8 for the 12 month period) - collision
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Russian Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Stroll · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Collision with Gasly in Turn 8.
- What this outcome means
- 10-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 79 rulings: No action ×26 · +10s ×25 · +5s ×19
- Regulation cited
- Art. 47.3b
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 8)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Stroll (Lance Stroll), the driver of Gasly (Pierre Gasly) and team representatives, reviewed the video evidence and determined that the driver of Stroll was wholly to blame for the collision with Gasly at Turn 8. Although noting the evidence of the driver of Stroll that the conditions were extremely slippery especially as he was on old hard tyres, the Stewa…
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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