News Details

FIA explains penalty for 'violent' Romain Grosjean swipe

Formula 1 Race Director Charlie Whiting has explained that a “violent move” from Romain Grosjean was behind the decision of the stewards to sanction the Haas driver in France. Debris was seen flying from the midfield group on the run to the first corner at Paul Ricard, before two separate clashes involving Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas, and Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. Around 30 laps into the race Grosjean was placed under investigation, and shortly after was hit with a five-second time penalty that he served at his stop, hindering his chance of points. Whiting explained that Grosjean moved across on Ocon on the run to the Verrerie S, commenting: “We had a raft...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Romain Grosjean: My stretch of bad luck is 'painful'

  Romain Grosjean is willing his stretch of bad luck to come to an...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon reprimanded for French...

Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly have both been reprimanded for the accident...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Haas boss Steiner says Grosjean back on form

Jun.23 Romain Grosjean has boosted his chances of staying at Haas for...
7y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Steiner says Grosjean has to learn to deal with it

Haas boss Guenther Steiner has delivered his concerns about Romain...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Aprilia preparing test for Jorge Martin ahead return...

Aprilia is prepared to organise a special test for MotoGP World Champion...

Jorge Martin continues dispute with Aprilia over 2026...

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martin has continued his 2026...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

RLL having to ‘unwind’ and ‘backtrack’...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing is making a concerted effort to move...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar will not return to Thermal Club in 2026...

According to comments made by Thermal Club founder and owner Tim Rogers,...

Malukas’ recovery drive secures Foyt’s best team...

During Sunday’s IndyCar race at Road America, David Malukas was the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal readying £43m move to bring 27-G/A star back...

Arsenal are interested in the Atalanta attacker Ademola Lookman during the...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

‘Open to joining Arsenal' – Fabrizio...

Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze has signaled his readiness to join...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Declan Rice gives glowing assessment of PL star linked...

Declan Rice has reportedly given a glowing assessment of Crystal Palace...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal caught in tough situation as key target holds...

Arsenal have been put into a tough predicament as top transfer target...
6h 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.