Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Infringement
Bottas penalty, Abu Dhabi GP 2024 - 10s for collision
Outcome10 second time penalty. 2 penalty points (total of 2 for the 12 month period) - collision
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Bottas
- What happened
- Bottas caused a collision with Pérez in turn 6.
- What this outcome means
- 10-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 89 rulings: +10s ×33 · No action ×27 · +5s ×19
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2 · driving standards (Appendix L)
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 2)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video and in-car video evidence. Bottas attempted to overtake Pérez on the inside into Turn 6, but ran over the inside kerb and hit the rear left wheel of Pérez. The Stewards determine that the driver of Bottas was wholly at fault and caused the collision.
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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