Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Tsunoda penalty, Azerbaijan GP 2023€5,000 fine for unsafe release
OutcomeThe competitor (Scuderia AlphaTauri) is fined €5,000
← This resolved the original summons
Offence · Published
- Driver
- Tsunoda · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Release of Tsunoda in an unsafe condition during the Sprint.
- Offence
- Unsafe release - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 8 rulings in 2023: No action ×4 · Fine ×3 · +5s ×1
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Tsunoda (Yuki Tsunoda) and a team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, team radio and in-car video evidence and determined that the team released Tsunoda in an unsafe condition. Tsunoda had entered the pits after a shunt at Turn 13 of Lap 1 where the right rear tyre had come off and the rim was touching the track.… 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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