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Infringement - Sainz - Collision with Piastri
Published
An official FIA stewards' document from the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Outcome5 second time penalty
- Driver
- Sainz · 4/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Sainz collided with Piastri.
- Regulation cited
- Art. 2 · driving standards (Appendix L)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards examined video, telemetry, team radio and in-car camera evidence. On Lap 38, at the approach to Turn 3, Sainz was engaged in a battle with Alonso. The driver of Sainz had been informed by the team that blue flags were being shown due to the approach of Piastri. As Piastri attempted to overtake, contact occurred between Sainz & Piastri. The Stewards determined that the driver of Sai…
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