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Verstappen investigation, Austrian GP 2024no further action for driving too slowly

OutcomeNo further action

Decision · Published

Driver
Verstappen
What happened
Allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly.
Offence
Driving unnecessarily slowly - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 3 rulings in 2024: +1 grid ×1 · No action ×1 · Warning ×1
Regulation cited
Art. 33.4
Stewards' reasoning
The Stewards reviewed video and timing evidence. Despite the fact that Verstappen exited the pits slowly and made up a gap of approx. 14 seconds to the car in front of him, the Stewards determine that in this case no other car was directly affected by this in their attempts to set a lap time. In addition to that, it is noted that other cars were making similar gaps on track at this point in tim… full reasoning ↗
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