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Bortoleto warning, Spanish GP 2026failure to follow rd instructions scl2 - scl1
OutcomeDriver: Warning - safety-car infringement
← This resolved the original summons
Infringement · Published
- Driver
- Bortoleto · 2/12 penalty points (rolling 12 months)
- What happened
- Bortoleto exceeded the time limit between the Safety Car lines.
- Regulation cited
- Art. B1.8.6, Art. 12.2.1.i · track limits
- Stewards' reasoning
- The Stewards heard from the driver of Bortoleto (Gabriel Bortoleto), team representative and reviewed timing and in-car video evidence. Bortoleto had to make way for another car in the middle sector of the lap but did not recover enough time to comply with the required delta time. The driver stated during the hearing that it was very difficult for him to maintain the delta after letting the other car by due to energy management requirements. The Stewards have sympathy for the fact that energy management with these cars is extremely difficult, but determine that the driver could have done more to comply with the delta.
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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