Austrian Grand Prix
Tsunoda investigation, Austrian GP 2023no further action for unsafe release
OutcomeNo further action
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Tsunoda · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Alleged failure to serve a penalty during a pit stop.
- Offence
- Unsafe release - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 8 rulings in 2023: No action ×4 · Fine ×3 · +5s ×1
- Regulation cited
- Art. 54.4
- Stewards' reasoning
- Video evidence from the FIA pit box overhead camera shows the jack moving towards the front of the car as the car stops. It appears very close but after the expiration of the 5 second time penalty, there appears to be a small further forward movement leading us to have doubt as to whether the jack was touching the car during the penalty period. In this case the competitor is given the benefit o… full reasoning ↗
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