Charles Leclerc was handed a five-second penalty after the Method 1 Brazilian Grand Prix for his conflict with Liam Lawson, dropping the Ferrari driver all the way down to eighth place within the last outcomes.
The Monegasque was battling the Racing Bulls driver for seventh place on lap 69 of the Sao Paulo race when the pair made contact into Juncao, Flip 12, however each have been capable of proceed and end the race.
The conflict did allow Leclerc to take seventh place from Lawson however the incident was positioned beneath investigation for a post-race listening to.
After chatting with each drivers and assessing the video and information, the FIA stewards decided Leclerc was accountable and duly gave him a five-second penalty, dropping the Ferrari driver behind his rival and into eighth place within the last outcomes.
The FIA stewards accepted that the contact was minor and in moist situations, which was sufficient mitigation to maintain the penalty to 5s and never a possible 10s punishment.
The FIA stewards report learn: “Whereas the contact was minor and Automotive 30 was capable of keep the lead thereafter, the motive force of Automotive 30 claimed that the contact broken the rear left rim of his automobile and likewise enabled Automotive 16 to get nearer to him on observe after which finally overtake him 5 corners later. Moreover, beneath the Driving Commonplace Tips, Automotive 30 had the appropriate to the nook and it was for Automotive 16 to take the required steps to keep away from a collision.
Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls
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“The motive force of Automotive 16 claimed that it was a minor contact with no apparent sporting consequence.
“Whereas we acknowledge that the contact was minor, having examined the battle on observe between the 2 vehicles, we conclude that Automotive 16 was capable of get nearer to and thereafter overtake Automotive 30 due to the contact. The contact clearly disrupted Automotive 30 and allowed Automotive 16 to drag up alongside when it was additional away earlier than the contact. This was an apparent sporting consequence.
“In mitigation, the moist situations coupled with the character of the contact (i.e. minor) was taken under consideration in imposing a 5 second time penalty versus a ten second time penalty.”
Antonelli and Bearman additionally penalised for unsafe releases from pitstops
New F1 world champion Kimi Antonelli was additionally given a five-second penalty after the Brazilian GP for an unsafe pitstop launch.
The Italian was launched from his last pitstop of the race into the trail of the oncoming Franco Colapinto and regardless of trying to take avoiding motion it was judged unsafe and a five-second penalty was duly handed out.
However as a result of Antonelli completed over 20s forward of Oscar Piastri, who was straight behind him on the highway, it doesn’t change his last ending place of fifth place – as Mercedes secured this 12 months’s F1 constructors’ championship.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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In a separate incident additionally involving Leclerc, Oliver Bearman was given a post-race five-second penalty for an unsafe launch from a pitstop. The Haas F1 driver was launched into the trail of the Ferrari driver, which compelled Leclerc to check-up within the pitlane.
The penalty has no consequence to Bearman both given he completed in seventeenth and one lap up on Sergio Perez in 18th place.
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