Canadian Grand Prix
Sainz warning, Canadian GP 2025safety car
OutcomeDriver: Warning - safety-car infringement
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Sainz · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Overtaking under Safety Car conditions after the chequered flag.
- 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. 55.8
- Stewards' reasoning
- The driver overtook other cars after the chequered flag, but while Safety Car signals were still being displayed, following an incident on the start/finish straight involving Norris (Lando Norris) and Piastri (Oscar Piastri). While passing after the chequered flag is not unusual, it is prohibited in the case of yellow flags, Safety Car or Virtual Safety Car procedures. While the drivers were aw… full reasoning ↗
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