Las Vegas Grand Prix
Piastri penalty, Las Vegas GP 20245s for start procedure
Outcome5 second time penalty
Infringement · Published
- 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 4 rulings in 2024: +5s ×1 · No action ×1 · Reprimand ×1
- 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… 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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