Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Decision
Gasly warning, Saudi Arabian GP 2021 - impeding
OutcomeOfficial Warning - impeding
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
- Driver
- Gasly · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Unnecessarily impeding of Sainz by Gasly in Turn 3.
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 36 rulings: No action ×13 · +3 grid ×8 · Warning ×8
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Gasly (Pierre Gasly), the driver of Sainz (Carlos Sainz), team representatives and examined video and team radio evidence. The driver of Gasly stated that he saw Sainz approaching and thought that it would pass on the left, in his view, having left sufficient room to do so. He then saw Sainz move across to the right so moved further left to give it room to…
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