Mexico City Grand Prix
Car 97 penalty, Mexico City GP 20245-place grid penalty for yellow flags
OutcomeDrop of 5 grid positions for the next race - yellow flags
← This resolved the original summons
Decision · Published
- What happened
- Overtaking under yellow flags.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 7 rulings in 2024: Deleted lap ×3 · Reprimand ×2 · +5 grid ×1
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2.5.5
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 97 (Robert Shwartzman), team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, team radio and in-car video evidence. Following the incident at T9 Shwartzman passed a single waved yellow, and a double yellow flag before overtaking Tsunoda in the yellow zone while traveling at speed. The penalty is the usual penalty for passing under… 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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