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Penalties & Stewarding
The FIA Stewards issued Lando Norris a driving reprimand after narrowly avoiding a collision under the Safety Car at Sepang; here is the exact ruling, why sun glare was rejected as an excuse, and how reprimands differ from penalty points.
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The FIA Stewards issued a 10-second time penalty to Gabriel Bortoleto for causing a collision with Carlos Sainz at Turn 2 during the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, rejecting restart leniency after finding the Audi driver was wholly to blame.
4 min readPenalties & Stewarding
An FIA Stewards ruling penalizing Audi Revolut F1 Team €30,000 (€20,000 suspended) over an automated pit release incident at Sepang contains a visible internal conflict, specifying a 12-month suspension in its formal Decision but restricting it to the remainder of the 2026 season in its Reason.
3 min readPenalties & Stewarding
The Monza decision added two points to a 10-point total; the next-event suspension followed from the 2024 rule.
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