French Grand Prix
Offence
Sainz penalty, French GP 2022 - 5s for unsafe release
Outcome5 second time penalty - unsafe release
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2022 French Grand Prix.
- Driver
- Sainz · 4/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Unsafe release of Sainz.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Unsafe release - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 64 rulings: Fine ×30 · No action ×13 · +5s ×12
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed the video evidence and determined that the team released the car into the path of Albon (ALB), as a result of which ALB had to heavily brake to avoid a collision.
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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