Chinese Grand Prix
Infringement
Ricciardo penalty, Chinese GP 2024 - 3-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
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- 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 6 rulings: +10s ×2 · +5s ×2 · +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…
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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