Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Offence
Tsunoda penalty, Saudi Arabian GP 2021 - 5s for collision
Outcome5 second time penalty 2 penalty points (total of 8 for the 12 month period) - collision
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Tsunoda · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Collision with Vettel in turn 2.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 79 rulings: No action ×26 · +10s ×25 · +5s ×19
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 8)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed the video evidence and determined that TSU locked up, went straight ahead and caused a collision with Vettel (VER).
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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