Styrian Grand Prix
Offence
Bottas penalty, Styrian GP 2021 - 3-place grid penalty for pit-lane incident
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions. 2 Penalty Points (2 points in a 2 month period) - pit-lane speeding
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Bottas
- What happened
- Dangerous driving in the pit lane.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Penalty points
- +2points
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Bottas (Valtteri Bottas) and team representatives and reviewed video evidence. When BOT pulled away from his designated pit stop position, he lost control of the car when he turned into the fast lane. He oversteered, spun and came to a stop across the fast lane near the McLaren pits. During the hearing BOT stated that in the past they have been losing time…
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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