Dutch Grand Prix
Hülkenberg investigation, Dutch GP 2023no further action for impeding
OutcomeNo further action - impeding
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Hülkenberg
- What happened
- Hülkenberg allegedly unnecessarily impeding Verstappen in turn 12 at 16:05.
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 29 rulings in 2023: No action ×12 · +3 grid ×10 · +2 grid ×3
- Regulation cited
- Art. 37.5
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Hülkenberg (Nico Hulkenberg), the driver of Verstappen (Max Verstappen), team representatives and reviewed video, telemetry and in-car video evidence. The drivers agreed that Hulkenberg was affected by the cars in front of him and slowed, thereby impeding Verstappen. However, as this was FP2, the drivers agreed that it did not rise to the standard of “Unnec… 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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