Register | Sign in

Home
News
Drivers
- Current Drivers
- Max Verstappen
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Lando Norris
- Pierre Gasly
- Sergio Perez
- Fernando Alonso
- Charles Leclerc
- Lance Stroll
- Kevin Magnussen
- Yuki Tsunoda
- Alexander Albon
- Guanyu Zhou
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Esteban Ocon
- Franco Colapinto
- Lewis Hamilton
- Carlos Sainz
- George Russell
- Valtteri Bottas
- Oscar Piastri
- Test/Reserve Drivers
Teams
Tracks
Seasons
Pictures
- Latest Galleries
- 2024 Abu Dhabi Post-Season Test
- 2024 Abu Dhabi GP
- 2024 Abu Dhabi Saturday
- 2024 Abu Dhabi Practice
- 2024 Qatar GP
- 2024 Qatar Saturday
- 2024 Qatar Friday
- 2024 Las Vegas GP
- 2024 Las Vegas Qualifying
- 2024 Las Vegas Practice
- Gallery Categories
- 2024 Season
- 2023 Season
- 2022 Season
- All galleries
Stats
JOHNNYBET

25s penalty for Bourdais

NEWS STORY
12/10/2008

In a move which will create fresh unrest on some message boards and forums, not to mention sections of the media, Sebastien Bourdais has been handed a 25s penalty for an incident following his second pit stop in today's Japanese Grand Prix.

On exiting the pits, the Frenchman went into the first corner alongside Felipe Massa. The two touched as the Ferrari driver attempted go around the outside of the Toro Rosso causing the Brazilian to spin and lose further ground in his quest for championship points.

While there were 16 laps of the race remaining, the Race Stewards announced that they would investigate after the end of the race.

Having viewed video evidence of the incident and spoken to both drivers, Bourdais was handed a 25s penalty for causing a collision, a breach of Article 16.1 of the 2008 FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations, which drops him to tenth, but, more importantly promotes Massa to seventh, thereby reducing Hamilton's championship lead to 5 points.

Mark Webber gets 1 point for himself and Red Bull as he is promoted to eighth place.

To check out our Japanese GP gallery, click here

LATEST NEWS

RELATED ARTICLES

LATEST IMAGES

Click to go to the main galleries section

POST A COMMENT

sign in

or Register for a Pitpass ID to have your say

Please note that all posts are reactively moderated and must adhere to the site's posting rules and etiquette.

Post your comment

Sign in or register for a Pitpass ID to leave a comment here!

post comment

READERS COMMENTS

No comments posted as yet, would you like to be the first to have your say?

Share this page

X

close

Copyright © Pitpass 2002 - 2024. All rights reserved.

about us | advertise | contact | privacy & security | rss | terms