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Decision Car 26 Impeding Of Car 20

SPANISH GRAND PRIX 13 - 16 August 2020 · 2020 · 15 August 2020 · Doc 26

Driver
Daniil Kvyat
Team
Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda
Session
Qualifying

From The Stewards

To The Team Manager,

Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda

Document 26

Date 15 August 2020 Time 17:17 2020 SPANISH GRAND PRIX 13 - 16 August 2020 The Stewards, having received a report from the Race Director, summoned (documents 23 and 24) and heard from the drivers and team representative, have considered the following matter and determine the following:

No / Driver 26 - Daniil Kvyat Competitor Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda Time 15:08 Session Qualifying Fact Impeding car 20 at turn 2 Offence Breach of Article 31.5 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations. Decision Warning (in accordance with Art. 12.3.1.a of the International Sporting Code) Reason The Stewards (i) heard from the driver of Car 26 (Daniil Kvyat) and the driver of Car 20 (Kevin Magnussen) and team representatives and (ii) have reviewed multiple angles of video evidence, radio calls to the drivers and telemetry data. Kvyat was on a cool down lap, and Magnussen was on a timed lap when Magnussen caught Kvyat at turn 2. The Stewards observed that Kvyat affected Magnussen, but had to determine if this met the definition in the rule that it was "unnecessary impeding." The team did not warn Kvyat of Magnussen's approach until Magnussen was directly behind. The Stewards considered whether Kvyat took reasonable actions to avoid impeding. Having reviewed the video, both drivers agreed that Kvyat did everything possible to get out of the way and reacted at the first possible moment from when he could have seen the car behind. Ultimately the Stewards compared this incident to all the other cases in the last three years and while the team certainly could have done a better job and thus a Warning is issued, this incident does not merit a three grid place penalty, which is the usual penalty for clearly unnecessary impeding.

The Stewards Competitors are reminded that they have the right to appeal certain decisions of the Stewards, in accordance with Article 15 of the FIA International Sporting Code and Article 10.1.1 of the FIA Judicial and Disciplinary Rules, within the applicable time

limits. Tim Mayer Matteo Perini

Emanuele Pirro David Domingo

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