Qatar Grand Prix
Zhou investigation, Qatar GP 2024no further action for safety car
OutcomeNo further action - safety-car infringement
← This resolved the original summons
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Zhou
- What happened
- Zhou exceeded the time limit between the Safety Car lines.
- Offence
- Safety-car infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 13 rulings in 2024: No action ×6 · Warning ×4 · +5s ×2
- Regulation cited
- Art. 12.2.1
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Zhou (Zhou Guanyu), team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, team radio and in- car video evidence. The driver concerned stated that he was slow at the start of the reconnaissance lap because he was on cold hard compound tyres, then when he realised he was not on the right delta, it was too late on those tyres, to… 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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