Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Infringement
Sainz warning, Azerbaijan GP 2024 - impeding Pérez
OutcomeWarning - impeding
← This resolved the original summons
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
- Driver
- Sainz · 4/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Sainz allegedly impeding Pérez in turn 13.
- Offence
- Impeding - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 47 rulings: +3 grid ×14 · No action ×14 · Warning ×10
- 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…
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