Belgian Grand Prix
Bottas penalty, Belgian GP 20225-place grid penalty for rnc changes - replacement
OutcomeDecision 26 is cancelled and replaced by Drop of 5 Grid Positions
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Bottas
- What happened
- The following Restricted-Number Components have been used: 5th Gearbox Cases and Cassettes (GBX C & C)
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Stewards' reasoning
- Following a clarification from the Technical Delegate (Documents 34 & 35), the Stewards rescind their decision Document 26 (which imposed a 10 place grid penalty, and is hereby recalled) and impose a 5 place grid penalty instead. The earlier reports indicated that the Competitor had changed the Gearbox Driveline, Gear Change Components and Auxiliary Components (GBX DL) for a fifth time, while a… full reasoning ↗
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