Sao Paulo Grand Prix
Verstappen penalty, Sao Paulo GP 20245s for safety car
Outcome5 second time penalty imposed after the Sprint. 1 penalty point (total of 7 for the 12 month period)
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Verstappen
- What happened
- The driver was above the minimum time at VSC End.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- 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. 56.5
- Penalty points
- +1point (FIA-stated total: 7)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Verstappen (Max Verstappen), team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, timing, telemetry evidence. Article 56.5 states in part “All cars must also be above this minimum time when the FIA light panels change to green.” The driver was 0.63 seconds below the minimum time at VSC End when the FIA light panels changed to green. This in… 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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