Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Offence
Verstappen penalty, Saudi Arabian GP 2021 - 10s for collision
Outcome10 second time penalty imposed after the race (10 seconds added to elapsed race time). 2 penalty points (total of 7 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
- Verstappen
- What happened
- Verstappen braked in a manner which caused a collision with Hamilton in turn 26.
- 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
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 7)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Verstappen (Max Verstappen), the driver of Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton) and team representative, reviewed the video and telemetry evidence and determined that the driver of Verstappen was predominantly at fault. At turn 21 the driver of Verstappen was given the instruction to give back a position to Hamilton and was told by the team to do so “strategically”. V…
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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