Canadian Grand Prix
Vettel investigation, Canadian GP 2022no further action for safety car
OutcomeNo further action - safety-car infringement
← This resolved the original summons
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Vettel
- What happened
- Failure to keep within 10 car lengths of the car in front under Safety Car conditions.
- Offence
- Safety-car infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 5 rulings in 2022: No action ×4 · +5s ×1
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Vettel (Sebastian Vettel) and the team representative, and examined GPS evidence. After initially closing up to the car in front under the Safety Car procedure, for a period of time Vettel did not maintain the 10-car length rule. However, towards the end of the Safety Car period re-closed the gap and then maintained the required position until the race resu… full reasoning ↗
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