Austrian Grand Prix
Bottas penalty, Austrian GP 2022pit-lane start for parc fermé
OutcomeRequired to start the race from the pit lane
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Bottas
- What happened
- The rear wing assembly and the setup of the suspension has been changed.
- Offence
- Parc fermé breach - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 9 rulings in 2022: +5 grid ×5 · Fine ×2 · pit-lane start ×2
- Regulation cited
- Art. 40.3, Art. 40.9
- Stewards' reasoning
- The changed rear wing assembly is of a different specification from the one used during the Sprint. The part was replaced with the approval of the FIA Technical Delegate as per article 40.3. As the rear wing assembly is a different specification and was changed whilst the car was in parc ferme and the suspension setup has also changed, the competitor is required to start the race from the pit l… full reasoning ↗
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