Australian Grand Prix
Hamilton investigation, Australian GP 2025no penalty for safety car
OutcomeNo penalty is applied - safety-car infringement
Decision · Published
- Driver
- Hamilton · 1/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- The driver of Hamilton failed to maintain a 10 car-length distance behind the Safety Car.
- What this outcome means
- No penalty (NPA) explained →
- Offence
- Safety-car infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 16 rulings in 2025: Warning ×6 · No penalty ×4 · No action ×3
- Regulation cited
- Art. 55.7
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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