Las Vegas Grand Prix
Infringement
Piastri penalty, Las Vegas GP 2024 - 5s for start procedure
Outcome5 second time penalty
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
- Driver
- Piastri · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Incorrect Starting Position.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Start-procedure infringement - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 19 rulings: Warning ×5 · Fine ×3 · Reprimand ×3
- Regulation cited
- Art. 48.1
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, and determined that part of the contact patch of Piastri’s front tyres were outside the lines of the grid box at the time of the Start Signal. This is a breach of Art 48.1.c of the FIA Formula Sporting Regulations. This attracts a mandatory time penalty under Art 54.3 of the Sporting Regulations. Given the limited extent of the b…
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