Chinese Grand Prix
Ricciardo penalty, Chinese GP 20243-place grid penalty for illegal overtake
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions for the next race. 2 penalty points (total of 2 for the 12 month period) - safety-car infringement
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Ricciardo
- What happened
- Ricciardo overtaking Hülkenberg under Safety Car conditions.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Illegal overtake - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 2 rulings in 2024: +10s ×1 · +3 grid ×1
- Regulation cited
- Art. 55.8
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 2)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Ricciardo (Daniel Ricciardo), the driver of Hülkenberg (Nico Hulkenberg), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, team radio and in-car video evidence and determined that Ricciardo overtook Hülkenberg while the race was under Safety Car conditions. The driver of Ricciardo admitted that he overtook Hülkenberg del… full reasoning ↗
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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