Spanish Grand Prix - corrected result →
Leclerc reprimand, Spanish GP 2026failure to follow rd instructions scl2 - scl1
OutcomeCompetitor: Reprimand - safety-car infringement
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Leclerc
- What happened
- Leclerc exceeded the time limit between the Safety Car lines.
- What this outcome means
- Reprimand explained →
- Regulation cited
- Art. B1.8.6, Art. 12.2.1.i · track limits
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from Leclerc (Charles Leclerc), team representative and reviewed video, timing, telemetry and in-car video evidence. Leclerc returned to the pits after setting his final lap time in Q3 without any other cars interfering and did not comply with the delta time requirements. During the hearing the team representative admitted that they provided the driver with a wrong delta time profile due to a miscalculation. Therefore the driver complied with the delta displayed on his dash, but as this delta time was not correct he inadvertently breached the delta time requirements. The Stewards determine that in this case the team is exclusively at fault and the driver did not make any mistake. Therefore a penalty to the team is imposed. The Stewards also take into account that in this scenario the deviating delta time provided to the driver did not have any performance implication for Leclerc or any other car.
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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