Qatar Grand Prix
Infringement
Russell penalty, Qatar GP 2024 - 5s for safety car
Outcome5 second time penalty. 1 penalty point (total of 1 penalty point for the 12 month period) - safety-car infringement
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix. It carries 1 penalty point toward a 12-point race ban.
- Driver
- Russell
- What happened
- The driver of Russell failed to maintain a 10 car-length distance behind the Safety Car.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Safety-car infringement - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 39 rulings: Warning ×16 · No action ×12 · +5s ×5
- Regulation cited
- Art. 55.7
- Penalty points
- +1point (FIA-stated total: 1)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing and in-car video evidence. The evidence clearly showed that Russell was more than 125 metres, which is more than 20 car lengths, behind the car in front during the Safety Car period.
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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