Dutch Grand Prix
Infringement
Tsunoda penalty, Dutch GP 2023 - 3-place grid penalty for impeding Hamilton
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions for the next race - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix.
- Driver
- Tsunoda · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Tsunoda unnecessarily impeded Hamilton in turn 13 at 15:39.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 114 rulings: No action ×39 · +3 grid ×31 · Fine ×14
- Regulation cited
- Art. 37.5
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Tsunoda (Yuki Tsunoda), the driver of Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video and in-car video evidence. Tsunoda was on the dry racing line at the exit of Turn 13 preparing for his fast lap and had not fully come up to speed and therefore impeded Hamilton. Tsunoda explained that he had been pas…
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