Mexico City Grand Prix
Hamilton investigation, Mexico City GP 2023no further action for yellow flags
OutcomeNo further action - yellow flags
← This resolved the original summons
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Hamilton · 1/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Hamilton appeared to fail to comply with a yellow flag in turn 3.
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 4 rulings in 2023: No action ×2 · +10 grid ×1 · +5 grid ×1
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2.5.5
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton), team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, telemetry, team radio and in-car video evidence. The on board video clearly shows there is no light or flag displayed to Hamilton on the straight into Turn 1, then a green light shows as he enters Turn 2, which is followed by 2 pulses of a yellow… full reasoning ↗
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