Hungarian Grand Prix
Tsunoda penalty, Hungarian GP 2025pit-lane start for parc fermé
OutcomeRequired to start the Race from the pit lane - parc fermé breach
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Tsunoda · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- The following Power Unit elements have been used: 5th Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) 5th Turbo Charger (TC) 5th Motor Generator Unit - Heat (MGU-H) 5th Motor Generator Unit - Kinetic (MGU-K) Power Unit elements were replaced without the approval of the FIA Technical Delegate during Parc Ferme. Also changes have been made to the brake cooling configuration of Tsunoda while Tsunoda was during P…
- Offence
- Parc fermé breach - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 25 rulings in 2025: pit-lane start ×25
- Regulation cited
- Art. 28.2, Art. 40.2, Art. 40.9, Art. 44.2
- Stewards' reasoning
- The use of each additional element in this case carries a 10 grid place penalty. Therefore there is an accumulation of 40 places. Further, because the changes to the brake cooling configuration were made while the Car was held under Parc Ferme conditions in breach of Article 40.2 without the approval of the Technical Delegate, in accordance with Article 40.9, Tsunoda must start the race from th… full reasoning ↗
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