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Russell investigation, Japanese GP 2024no further action for forced Piastri off track

OutcomeNo further action - track limits

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Decision · Published

Driver
Russell
What happened
Piastri left the track between Turns 16 and 17 and rejoined in front of Russell.
Offence
Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 32 rulings in 2024: +10s ×19 · +5s ×6 · No action ×5
Regulation cited
Art. 2 · driving standards (Appendix L)
Stewards' reasoning
The Stewards heard from the driver of Piastri (Oscar Piastri), the driver of Russell (George Russell), team representatives and reviewed external and in-car video evidence. This incident provided a number of challenges in arriving at a decision. There are a number of matters that, based on the “level of comfort” criteria used by the International Court of Appeal in accepting evidence, we accept… full reasoning ↗
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