News Details

Pic gets drive-through penalty for Japanese GP

Charles Pic has been handed an unusual penalty for ignoring a red-light at the end of the pitlane during qualifying. The Caterham driver will have to serve a drive-through penalty during the first five laps of Sunday's race as punishment for the rule infringement. The rather odd penalty, a first in Formula 1, has been taken as it's the second time in two races that the Belgian has ignored a red-light and he is already starting from last after taking a 10-place grid penalty for collecting his third reprimand in Korea. "Car 20 [Pic] crossed the pit exit line at 14:17:10," confirmed an FIA statement. "The red light was at 14:17:05. "It is noted this is the second...
Full Story »
12y ago from TheF1Times.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Van der Garde frustrated by penalty

Caterham F1 Team Giedo van der Garde says that he does not feel that he...
12y ago from F1Zone.net

Van der Garde puzzled by Korea penalty

Giedo van der Garde attracted more than his usual share of attention from...
12y ago from Crash.net

Webber 'got his ducks lined up'

Mark Webber says he is "pretty happy" with qualifying after...
12y ago from PlanetF1.com

Sutil handed five-place grid penalty

"true">Adrian Sutil has been given a five-place grid penalty...
12y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP announces Qatar round postponed until November

MotoGP has confirmed that Qatar's 10-12 April slot will be moved to 6-8...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

How the 2027 MotoGP grid is shaping up

No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Taka-San: King of Kenya

At the 94th time of asking, Takamoto Katsuta and co-driver Aaron Johnston...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

10 youngest goal scorers in Premier League as Arsenal...

On March 14, 2026, Arsenal prodigy Max Dowman etched his name into the...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal hero Thierry Henry sums up feeling of watching...

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has revealed his reaction to teenage...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“It’s not over. Who said that?” - Guardiola...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has sent a strong message to Arsenal on...
12h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Chelsea legend John Terry says Arsenal talent Max...

Chelsea legend John Terry compared Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman to Lionel...
12h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.