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Sainz warning, Mexico City GP 2026ignored race director
OutcomeDriver: Warning
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Sainz · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- The drive failed to follow Race Directors instructions after running off at Turn 11.
- Regulation cited
- Art. 12.2.1.i
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, telemetry and in- car video evidence. Sainz went off at Turn 11 and the driver did not comply with the Race Director’s Event
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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