Mexico City Grand Prix
Bottas penalty, Mexico City GP 20235s for collision
Outcome5 second time penalty imposed after the race. 2 penalty points (total of 2 for the 12 month period)
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Bottas
- What happened
- Bottas collided with Stroll between turns 13 and 14.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 22 rulings in 2023: +5s ×17 · No action ×5
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2 · driving standards (Appendix L)
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 2)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Stroll (Lance Stroll), the driver of Bottas (Valtteri Bottas), team representatives and reviewed video and in-car video evidence. Stroll made a passing manoeuvre on Bottas into Turn 13, successfully and in accordance with the driving standard guidelines. On the exit of the turn, Bottas ran wide and as it attempted to return to the racing line, collided with… 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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