Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Decision
Hamilton investigation, Saudi Arabian GP 2021 - no further action for yellow flags
OutcomeNo further action - yellow flags
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The stewards took no further action.
- Driver
- Hamilton · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Alleged failure to respect double yellow flags/lights.
- 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 Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton), the team representative and have reviewed video and the marshalling system. The Race Director reported to the Stewards that the double yellow flag warning on the FIA Marshalling System was activated at Light Panel Number 6 accidentally, for less than 1 second. As the on-board video of Hamilton (to be released by the Commercial Rig…
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