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Decision Car 55 Alleged Re Joining The Track Unsafely

BRITISH GRAND PRIX 15 - 18 July 2020 · 2021 · 17 July 2021 · Doc 37

Driver
Carlos Sainz
Team
Scuderia Ferrari
Session
Sprint Qualifying

From The Stewards

To The Team Manager,

Scuderia Ferrari

Document 37

Date 17 July 2021

Time 20:43 2021 BRITISH GRAND PRIX 15 - 18 July 2020 The Stewards, having received a report from the Race Director, summoned (document 29) and heard from the driver and team representative, have considered the following matter and determine the following:

No / Driver 55 - Carlos Sainz Competitor Scuderia Ferrari Time 16:36 Session Sprint Qualifying Fact Alleged re-joining the track in an unsafe manner in turn 7. Offence Alleged breach of Appendix L Chapter IV Article 2 of the FIA International Sporting Code. Decision No further action. Reason The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 55 (Carlos Sainz) and team representative and reviewed video and telemetry evidence. After being contacted by Car 63, Car 55 left the track at turn 6 and crossed the asphalt runoff area onto the grass.  From there, Car 55 crossed the grass at speed and eventually regained the track in turn 7 as a group of cars went through the turn. Car 10 took evasive action and narrowly avoided colliding with Car 55 as it came back onto the track. The driver of Car 55 described the actions he took to reduce the speed of the car in order to safely re-join and mitigate what was a potentially dangerous situation.  The Stewards examined the video and the telemetry data and found no conclusive evidence that the driver of Car 55 did not take sufficient action to avoid the situation. 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.

The Stewards Nish Shetty Dennis Dean

Loic Bacquelaine Emanuele Pirro

Eric Cowcill

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