Chinese Grand Prix
Infringement
Alonso penalty, Chinese GP 2024 - 10s for collision
Outcome10 second time penalty to be added to the elapsed time of Alonso 3 penalty points (total of 6 for the 12 month period)
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix. It carries 3 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Alonso
- What happened
- Incident between Alonso & 55 in Turn 9.
- What this outcome means
- 10-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 97 rulings: +10s ×37 · No action ×31 · +5s ×19
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2, Art. 54.3 · driving standards (Appendix L)
- Penalty points
- +3points (FIA-stated total: 6)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Alonso (Fernando Alonso), the driver of Sainz (Carlos Sainz), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video and in-car video evidence and determined that Alonso caused a collision with Sainz at Turn 9. The result of the collision was that Sainz was damaged and that Alonso had a puncture and retired before the end of the sprint…
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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