Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Sainz warning, Azerbaijan GP 2024impeding Pérez
OutcomeWarning - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Sainz · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Sainz allegedly impeding Pérez in turn 13.
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 16 rulings in 2024: +3 grid ×5 · No action ×5 · Fine ×4
- Regulation cited
- Art. 37.5
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Sainz (Carlos Sainz), the driver of Pérez (Sergio Perez), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, telemetry, team radio and in-car video evidence. Impeding in free practice is not normally investigated by the Stewards unless it is considered dangerous. This was investigated because the driver of Pérez, Perez, ha… full reasoning ↗
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