United States Grand Prix
Russell penalty, United States GP 20225s for incident with Sainz
Outcome5 second time penalty 2 penalty points (total of 4 for the 12 month period)
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Russell
- What happened
- Incident with Sainz and Russell in turn 1.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 4)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed the video evidence and determined that the driver of Russell braked late into turn 1 and collided with Sainz, and was therefore wholly to blame for the 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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