Mexico City Grand Prix
Infringement
Colapinto penalty, Mexico City GP 2024 - 10s for collision
Outcome10 second time penalty (10 seconds added to elapsed Race time). 2 penalty points (total of 2 for the 12 month period)
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 Mexico City Grand Prix. It carries 2 penalty points toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Colapinto · 1/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Colapinto collided with Lawson at the exit of Turn 2.
- What this outcome means
- 10-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 102 rulings: +10s ×40 · No action ×31 · +5s ×20
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2 · driving standards (Appendix L)
- Penalty points
- +2points (FIA-stated total: 2)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, CCTV, and In- Car video. Colapinto was attempting to overtake on the outside of Lawson at Turn 1. He was not quite fully alongside at the apex and through the exit and was thus not “entitled” to racing room at the exit. Lawson defended aggressively through to the exit of turn 1, but stayed on the track and left just enough room f…
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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