Miami Grand Prix
Bottas penalty, Miami GP 20243-place grid penalty for incident with Piastri
OutcomeDrop of 3 grid positions for the next Sprint session in which the driver participates per b)
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Bottas
- What happened
- Incident between Bottas & Piastri at 16:37.
- What this outcome means
- Grid penalty explained →
- Regulation cited
- Art. 33.4, Art. 37.4
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Piastri (Oscar Piastri), the driver of Bottas (Valtteri Bottas), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, telemetry, team radio and in-car video evidence and determined that the driver of Bottas unnecessarily impeded Piastri during the Sprint Qualifying. On the straight before Turn 1, Bottas was being driven slow… 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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