Australian Grand Prix
Zhou investigation, Australian GP 2022no further action for driving too slowly
OutcomeNo further action
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Zhou
- What happened
- Alleged driving unnecessarily slowly on an in-lap during Qualifying.
- Offence
- Driving unnecessarily slowly - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 14 rulings in 2022: No action ×8 · Warning ×4 · Reprimand ×2
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Zhou (Zhou Guanyu) and team representative and reviewed timing evidence. During the lap there was heavy traffic and ZHO took effort to ensure that he did not impede other drivers on push laps. These efforts slowed his lap time. As a result, the minimum time was slightly breached. The Stewards accept the driver’s rationale for his actions; find that he acted… full reasoning ↗
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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