Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Pérez penalty, Saudi Arabian GP 20245s for unsafe release
Outcome5 second time penalty. 1 penalty point (total of 8 for the 12 month period) - unsafe release
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Pérez
- What happened
- Unsafe release of Pérez.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Unsafe release - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 13 rulings in 2024: Fine ×7 · +5s ×2 · 10s stop+go ×2
- Regulation cited
- Art. 34.14
- Penalty points
- +1point (FIA-stated total: 8)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed video, team radio and in-car video evidence and determined that Pérez was released from a pit stop in an unsafe manner. Alonso had to take evasive action to avoid a collision. What made the situation worse was the fact that Pérez left the pits when there was a red light shown to it (indicating that it should not go out of the pit box). We therefore imposed a 5 second time… 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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