Australian Grand Prix
Alonso penalty, Australian GP 2024drive-through for dangerous driving
OutcomeDrive-through penalty imposed after the Race. Converted to 20 seconds added to the elapsed time in the race Art. 54.3 3 penalty points (total of 3 for the 12 month period)
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Alonso
- What happened
- Incident in Turns 6-7.
- What this outcome means
- Drive-through penalty explained →
- Offence
- Dangerous driving - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 4 rulings in 2024: No action ×2 · drive-through ×1 · Reprimand ×1
- Regulation cited
- Art. 33.4
- Penalty points
- +3points (FIA-stated total: 3)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Russell (George Russell), the driver of Alonso (Fernando Alonso), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, telemetry, team radio, in-car video evidence and telemetry supplied by both teams. Russell crashed at the exit to turn 6 on lap 57. The stewards have extensively reviewed the situation that occurred prior to the cra… 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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