Liam Lawson collected penalty factors for collisions with two of his rivals in the course of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Racing Bulls driver picked up his first penalty for making slight contact with Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin at flip two.
The stewards famous that “automotive 30 [Lawson] overtook automotive 18 [Stroll] in flip one, nonetheless misplaced momentum by lacking the apex, then automotive 18, having taken a greater exit, was in entrance on the entry to show two and was entitled to racing room at that nook.
“Nonetheless automotive 30 collided with the rear axle of automotive 18, inflicting a collision and forcing automotive 18 to compromise the exit of the nook.”
The stewards took into consideration how slight the impression was. “As there was solely minor contact this was thought of in mitigation and therefore a five-second penalty was imposed.”
However they dominated a stiffer, 10-second time penalty was deserved for Lawson’s later tangle with Nico Hulkenberg at flip one.
“On the method to show one, automotive 30 tried to overhaul automotive 27 [Hulkenberg] on the within,” they defined. “Nonetheless [it] missed the apex of the nook, therefore was unable to take a traditional racing line and consequently collided with the aspect of automotive 27.”
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The stewards gave Lawson one penalty level for the Stroll incident and two for the one with Hulkenberg, placing him on a complete of 5 for the present 12-month interval.
Lawson stated neither of the incidents was deliberate. “We had good pace however simply couldn’t actually use it and the one manner I might overtake was lunging fairly late,” he stated. “I wasn’t deliberately touching others, however clearly the stewards made their choice with the penalties, so we’ll must evaluation the incidents.”
Liam Lawson’s penalty factors
| Date | Occasion | Session | Infringement | Factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12/2024 | Qatar Grand Prix | Grand prix | ‘Car 30 caused a collision with Car 77 in turn 1.’ | 2 |
| 13/4/2025 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Grand prix | ‘Automobile 30 collided with Automobile 18 in flip 2.’ | 1 |
| 13/4/2025 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Grand prix | ‘Automobile 30 collided with automotive 27 in flip 1.’ | 2 |
Penalty field
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Lawson’s penalty for his incident with Stroll is…
- No opinion (33%)
- Far too lenient (0%)
- Barely too lenient (0%)
- Appropriate (0%)
- Barely too harsh (0%)
- Far too harsh (67%)
Whole Voters: 3
Lawson’s penalty for his incident with Hulkenberg is…
- No opinion (33%)
- Far too lenient (0%)
- Barely too lenient (0%)
- Appropriate (0%)
- Barely too harsh (0%)
- Far too harsh (67%)
Whole Voters: 3
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