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Infringement - Albon - Changes Made during Parc Fermé
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix.
OutcomeRequired to start the Sprint from the pit lane - parc fermé breach
- Driver
- Albon · 3/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- The setup of the suspension has been changed while under Parc Ferme.
- Regulation cited
- Art. B3.5.7
- Stewards' reasoning
- Atlassian Williams F1 Team changed the setup of the suspension of Albon under Parc Ferme, this not being in accordance with Article B3.5.7 of the FIA F1 Regulations. Albon is therefore required to start the Sprint from pit lane.
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.