Italian Grand Prix - corrected result →
Herta penalty, Italian GP 2026€30,000 fine for technical breach
OutcomeThe competitor (Cadillac F1 Team) is fined €30,000, €25,000 of which is suspended for a period of 12 months subject to no further breaches of this regulation
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Herta
- What happened
- The Clutch Disengagement System (“CDS”) did not function when the car stopped on the track.
- Offence
- Technical breach - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 4 rulings in 2026: Disqualified ×2 · Fine ×2
- Regulation cited
- Art. C9.3
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the team Sporting Director and team Head of Reliability, and the FIA Technical Delegate and FIA F1 Electronics Engineer. The team presented detailed schematics of how the CDS system was designed and installed. The Stewards were satisfied that the system was designed to operate independently of the car’s other systems, as required by the regulations. The team demonstrated to the Stewards’ satisfaction, that the system had been checked and tested on the day prior to the commencement of competition. However the operation of the CDS when the car’s electronic system is turned off (“P0 mode”) depends on a lithium battery provided by a third party supplier. The team was able to demonstrate, again to the Stewards’ satisfaction, that one of the four cells in this battery had failed. This in turn caused the CDS to be inoperable and hence when the car came to a halt, it could not be easily pushed from the circuit, resulting in the display of a red flag. The team stated that as a result of the incident it would firstly obtain from the battery supplier, information as to the expected maximum battery life, and would instigate daily or pre-session checks, plus a… full reasoning ↗
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