Belgian Grand Prix
Albon reprimand, Belgian GP 2023rejoining unsafely
OutcomeReprimand (Driving). This is the driver’s 1st reprimand of the season
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Albon · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Leaving the track and rejoining unsafely at the exit of T8 at 17:28.
- What this outcome means
- Reprimand explained →
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2 · driving standards (Appendix L)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Albon (Alexander Albon), the team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video and in-car video evidence. Albon left the circuit at Turn 8 at the end of Q1. He then rejoined the circuit on the racing line. While he was always going to have to rejoin on the line, the Stewards feel that he could have done more to ensure that he rejoi… full reasoning ↗
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