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Verstappen warning, Belgian GP 2022start procedure

OutcomeWarning for the driver

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Offence · Published

Driver
Verstappen
What happened
Failure to follow item 12 of the Race Director’s Event
Offence
Start-procedure infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 1 ruling in 2022: Warning ×1
Stewards' reasoning
The Stewards heard from the driver of Verstappen (Max Verstappen) and team representative and reviewed video evidence. At 17:59 during second practice, the driver of Verstappen passed a car that was in line to do practice starts and cut into the line to do a practice start, thereby not leaving in the order he arrived. This is a breach of the Race Director's Event
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