O Paulo Grand Prix
Stewards' document
Hamilton penalty, O Paulo GP 2024 - €5,000 fine for tyre procedure
OutcomeThe competitor (Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team) is fined €5,000
← This resolved the original summons
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 O Paulo Grand Prix.
- Driver
- Hamilton · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Tyre pressures were adjusted (pressure released) with wheels already fitted to the car in contravention to TD003.
- Regulation cited
- Art. 30.5
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the team representative of Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton), the FIA Technical Delegate, a member of his team and the FIA Single Seater Director. After the race start was aborted the 10 minute notice was immediately given for the new start. Given the layout of the circuit and the access point to the grid from the pit lane the time period for the team to get to the grid was exte…
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