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United States Grand Prix

Investigation, United States GP 2023no further action for safety car

OutcomeNo further action - safety-car infringement

Decision · Published

What happened
The cars below exceeded the 1:56.0-time limit between the Safety Car lines. No Car Driver Competitor Time of Day Lap 1 63 George Russell Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team 12:39:21 4 (SQ1) 2 23 Alexander Albon Williams Racing 12:40:47 5 (SQ1) 3 27 Nico Hulkenberg MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 12:40:53 5 (SQ1) 4 20 Kevin Magnussen MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 12:40:58 5 (SQ1) 5 10 Pierre Gasly BWT Alpine F1 Team…
Offence
Safety-car infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 3 rulings in 2023: No action ×2 · Warning ×1
Regulation cited
Art. 33.4, Art. 12.2.1
Stewards' reasoning
The Stewards thoroughly reviewed Marshalling/Positioning data, timing data, on- board cameras and CCTV cameras for every incident. All drivers concerned stayed at or above speeds necessary to stay below 1:56.0 around the vast majority of the circuit. However, in all cases the Stewards determined that the drivers took appropriate actions to not impede other drivers, and in all cases they either… full reasoning ↗
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