Australian Grand Prix
Sainz reprimand, Australian GP 2024ignored race director
OutcomeReprimand (Driving)
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Sainz · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Completed a practice start before taking the end of session signal.
- What this outcome means
- Reprimand explained →
- Regulation cited
- Art. 12.2.1
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Sainz (Carlos Sainz), team representative and reviewed positioning data, team radio and video. Sainz performed a practice start in violation of the Race Director’s Event
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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