Australian Grand Prix
Stroll penalty, Australian GP 20223-place grid penalty for collision
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions 2 penalty points (total of 7 for the 12 month period) - collision
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Stroll · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Collision between Latifi and Stroll.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 28 rulings in 2022: +5s ×16 · No action ×7 · +3 grid ×3
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 7)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Stroll (Lance Stroll), the driver of Latifi (Nicholas Latifi) and team representatives and examined video evidence. LAT pulled off course to the left and slowed at the exit of turn 4 to let cars by, the last of which was STR. At the exit of turn 5, STR appeared to not accelerate and was in the middle of the track. LAT made the decision to accelerate and pas… 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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