Austrian Grand Prix
Decision
Verstappen investigation, Austrian GP 2024 - no further action for driving too slowly
OutcomeNo further action
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix. The stewards took no further action.
- Driver
- Verstappen
- What happened
- Allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly.
- Offence
- Driving unnecessarily slowly - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 8 rulings: No action ×6 · Reprimand ×2
- 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…
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