United States Grand Prix
Infringement
Tsunoda penalty, United States GP 2024 - 5s for forced off track
Outcome5 second time penalty
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2024 United States Grand Prix.
- Driver
- Tsunoda · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Forcing Albon off the track at turn 12.
- What this outcome means
- 5-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Causing a collision - every ruling & the going rate →Going rate across 171 rulings: +5s ×60 · +10s ×49 · No action ×45
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2 · driving standards (Appendix L)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data and in-car video evidence. The Driving Standard Guidelines provide that when overtaking on the inside the driver must not force the other car off the track and must leave a fair and acceptable width for the car being overtaken. This did not occur on this occasion. However in mitigation, a 5 second penalty is imposed instead of the standa…
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