Austrian Grand Prix
Pérez penalty, Austrian GP 2022lap times deleted for track limits
OutcomeDeletion of lap time on lap 17. Deletion of all lap times in Q3 - track limits
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Pérez
- What happened
- Pérez left the track without a justifiable reason at T8.
- What this outcome means
- Deleted lap time explained →
- Offence
- Track limits - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 17 rulings in 2022: +5s ×14 · No action ×2 · Deleted lap ×1
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Pérez (Sergio Perez) and team representatives and examined video evidence. Perez left the track at Turn 8 on his last flying lap of Q2, just prior to the end of the session. As this was not identified until the moment before Q3 started, the lap was not deleted prior to the start of Q3 and Perez started Q3. This is a consequence of having many situations to… 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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