United States Grand Prix
Russell penalty, United States GP 20233-place grid penalty for impeding Leclerc
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions for the next Sprint/Race in which the driver participates - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Russell
- What happened
- Russell unnecessarily impeding Leclerc in turn 19 at 12:41.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 29 rulings in 2023: No action ×12 · +3 grid ×10 · +2 grid ×3
- Regulation cited
- Art. 37.5
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Russell (George Russell), the driver of Leclerc (Charles Leclerc), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing team radio and in-car video evidence. Russell entered the last two corners preparing for his flying lap at the end of SQ1 with Leclerc closing in quickly. Whilst the team did inform the driver about the clos… 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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