Sao Paulo Grand Prix
Sainz reprimand, Sao Paulo GP 2024dangerous driving
OutcomeReprimand (Driving)
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Sainz · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- The driver moved the car while the marshals were attempting recovery.
- What this outcome means
- Reprimand explained →
- Offence
- Dangerous driving - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 4 rulings in 2024: No action ×2 · drive-through ×1 · Reprimand ×1
- Regulation cited
- Art. 33.4
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Sainz (Carlos Sainz), team representative and reviewed video, and in-car video evidence. The driver crashed on his own. The marshals were quickly on the scene to recover the car. The driver removed the steering wheel indicating to the marshals that he was abandoning the car. The team then informed the driver that they thought the car was safe to continue. T… 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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