Styrian Grand Prix
Offence
Tsunoda penalty, Styrian GP 2021 - 3-place grid penalty for impeding
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions 1 Penalty Point (2 points in a 12 month period) - impeding
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix. It carries 1 penalty point toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Tsunoda · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Impeding of Bottas.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 36 rulings: No action ×13 · +3 grid ×8 · Warning ×8
- Penalty points
- +1point
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Tsunoda (Yuki Tsunonda), the driver of Bottas (Valtteri Bottas) and team representatives and reviewed video evidence. Tsunoda had just completed a fast lap and had communication from the team that he was now on an in lap. The team did not warn Tsunoda of the approach of Bottas on a fast lap. Bottas approached Tsunoda at the entry to Turn 4. Tsunoda was on t…
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