Italian Grand Prix
Sainz reprimand, Italian GP 2022driving too slowly
OutcomeReprimand for the driver (driving) This is the driver’s 4th reprimand for the season Warning for the Team
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Sainz · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Driving unnecessarily slowly at T1.
- What this outcome means
- Reprimand explained →
- Offence
- Driving unnecessarily slowly - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 14 rulings in 2022: No action ×8 · Warning ×4 · Reprimand ×2
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Sainz (Carlos Sainz) and team representative and examined video and telemetry evidence. The driver argued that he had to drive below 60km/h on his in lap in order to cool down his tyres. The Stewards checked the telemetry of a number of other cars including that of his teammate (Leclerc) and noted that the other cars were at least 20 km/h faster at Turn 1 t… full reasoning ↗
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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