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Hülkenberg investigation, Qatar GP 2023no further action for incident with Pérez & Ocon

OutcomeNo further action

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Decision · Published

Driver
Hülkenberg
What happened
Turn 2 incident between Pérez, 27 and 31 at 20:52.
Regulation cited
Art. 2 · driving standards (Appendix L)
Stewards' reasoning
The Stewards heard from the driver of Pérez (Sergio Perez), the driver of Hülkenberg (Nico Hulkenberg), the driver of Ocon (Esteban Ocon), team representatives and reviewed video and in-car video evidence. Hülkenberg & Ocon were fighting for position into Turn 1 and therefore had a slower exit out of Turn 1. This led to Pérez being able to pull alongside on the outside before Turn 2. The cars e… full reasoning ↗
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