Mexico City Grand Prix - corrected result →
Franco Colapinto penalty, Mexico City GP 202610s for yellow flags
Outcome10 second time penalty imposed after the Race. 1 penalty points (total of 5 for the 12 month period) - yellow flags
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Colapinto · 5/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- The driver passed through a single yellow flag sector and did not make the required reduction in speed.
- What this outcome means
- 10-second penalty explained →
- Offence
- Yellow-flag infringement - every ruling & the going rate →
Going rate across 58 rulings in 2026: Deleted lap ×32 · No action ×8 · +10s ×5
- Regulation cited
- Art. B1.8.4a · yellow flags
- Penalty points
- +1point (FIA-stated total: 5)
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from Colapinto (Franco Colapinto), team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, telemetry, team radio and in-car video evidence. The driver and team presented telemetry and photographic evidence claiming it demonstrated that the driver had complied with the regulations which state that the driver must reduce speed and be prepared to change direction. A detailed examination of the telemetry and on board camera failed to satisfy the Stewards that the driver had sufficiently reduced speed through that single yellow sector. In relation to the previous double yellow flag sector the Stewards determined that there was sufficient doubt that the driver had sufficient warning in order to comply with the requirements, so did not determine that there was any breach in relation to that sector
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.
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