List of incidents in F1 and penalties received
Archive #9394442
Taken from Gold's post below (http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=581215&nmt=List%20of%20FIA%20%22incidents%22).
I thought we could collectively edit this and provide links to videos, so we get some kind of semi-impartial record of the FIAs impartiality (or lack of). Please add incidents and videos/web links as necessary.
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NB:
I thought we could collectively edit this and provide links to videos, so we get some kind of semi-impartial record of the FIAs impartiality (or lack of). Please add incidents and videos/web links as necessary.
1994 Season
Race | Team | Driver | Description |
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Brazil | Benetton-Ford | Verstappen | Verstappen banned for causing accident involving Irvine, Brundle and Bernard. |
Silverstone | Benetton-Ford | Schumacher | Schumacher given stop go penalty for overtaking on the parade lap. Subsequently blackflagged for ignoring penalty. Subsequently banned for two races for ignoring black flag. |
Hockenhiem | McLaren-Peugeot | Hakkinen | Hakkinen banned for causing multi-car accident at the first corner. |
1997 Season
Race | Team | Driver | Description |
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Japan | Williams-Renault | Jacques Villeneuve | JV given a one race ban for repeatedly failing to slow under yellows during practice. However Villenueve was allowed to race under appeal and attempted to affect the natural result. |
N/A | Ferrari | Michael Schumacher | Schumi loses 2nd place in the Championship after trying to put JV off the track. Whoopi doo. |
1998 Season
Race | Team | Driver | Description |
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N/A | McLaren | N/A | McLaren's illegal brakes banned, results gained while using them allowed to stand - which brakes had already been approved by the scrutineers and were therefore legal until FIA "clarification". |
Britain | Ferrari | Michael Schumacher | Schumacher overtakes under a yellow flag, given a stop-go penalty and allowed to do this on the last lap, therefore missing half of the pitlane |
Canada | Ferrari | Michael Schumacher | MS receives penalty (?) for running Frentzen off the road |
1999 Season
Race | Team | Driver | Description |
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N/A | Ferrari | N/A | Ferrari barge boards. Interestingly the FIA sporting regulations state: Article 58. Acquaintance with and submission to the regulations. Every person, or group of persons, organising a competition or taking part therein 2) Shall undertake to submit themselves without reserve to the above and to the decisions of the sporting authority and to the consequences resulting therefrom. In case of non-compliance with these provisions, any person or group which organises a competition or takes part therein, will have the licence which has been issued to them withdrawn, and any manufacturer shall be excluded from the FIA Championships on a temporary or permanent basis. The FIA will state reasons for its decisions. If a car is found not comply with the technical regulations, it shall be no defence to claim that no performance advantage was obtained. which was what Ferrari used as their defence (this rule may of course been updated since then) |
2002 Season
Race | Team | Driver | Description |
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France | Ferrari | Michael Schumacher | MS wins the French Grand Prix after passing Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren) when yellow caution flags were waving. Stewards investigated it - and decided to take no action as KR had driven off the circuit at the time of the 'overtake' - therefore giving MS the victory and enough points to secure the WDC at the next round |
2005 Season
Race | Team | Driver | Description |
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N/A | BAR | N/A | BAR 2 race ban and points removed - no advantage gain from a secondary fuel tank |
Montreal | McLaren-Mercedes | Juan Pablo Montoya | JPM disqualified for passing red light in pit lane |
Indianapolis | N/A | N/A | Michelin tyres deemed unsafe to race. Teams want a chicane put in, which is refused. Michelin teams offer to race for zero championship points which is also refused. Only the 6 Bridgestone cars start(Ferrari/Jordan/Minardi) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_United_States_Gr... |
Season 2006
Race | Team | Driver | Description |
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N/A | Renault | N/A | Mass dampers |
? | Renault | Fernando Alonso | FA blocks Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - penalised (not sure what) |
Monaco | Ferrari | Michael Schumacher | MS receives penalty (not sure what) for blocking track during qualifying |
Season 2007
Race | Team | Driver | Description |
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Australia | Ferrari | N/A | Illegal moveable floor on Ferraris |
Montreal | Ferrari | Felipe Massa | Massa DQ for jumping red light |
Hungary | McLaren | N/A | Qualifying spat between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. Loss of constructors point. Penalties applied directly by FIA, overruling race stewards who saw no case for McLaren to answer. |
Hungary | McLaren | N/A | McLaren win race with un-approved gearbox, fine imposed. Same gearbox then approved by FIA with no issues. |
Hungary | McLaren | N/A | Spy Scandal 2007 - Ferrari competition (McLaren) Punished, Ferrari non-competition (Toyota) let off. Renault also let off, but for a completely different offence. ..an offence against McLaren. |
NB:
- Japan - Ferrari receive no penalty despite their having started race on prohibited tyres
- Japan - Felipe Massa (Ferrari) receives no penalty for 'Hamiltoning' some of the corners http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WsM8MRvHk
- Brazil - FIA fail to enforce their own rules on fuel temp, enabling Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) to win WDC by 1 point
2008 Season
Race | Team | Driver | Description |
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Malaysia | McLaren | Lewis Hamilton | Qualifying penalty |
Malaysia | McLaren | Heikki Kovalainen | Qualifying penalty |
Monaco | Ferrari | Kimi Raikonnen | KR given a drive-through penalty, given because his car was not fitted with tyres until after 3 minutes before the parade lap |
France | McLaren | Lewis Hamilton | 10 spot grid drop for causing crash in Canada pitlane |
France | McLaren | Heikki Kovalainen | 5 spot grid drop, qualifying penalty |
France | McLaren | Lewis Hamilton | Drive through penalty for cutting chicane |
Europe | Ferrari | Felipe Massa | Massa pit stop. FIA suggest Ferrari's guilt by giving them a fine but fail to penalise them on the race track |
Europe | Ferrari | Kimi Raikonnen | Kimi pitstop incident |
Belgium | McLaren | Lewis Hamilton | LH cuts chicane, passes KR. LH yields and gives place back to KR before passing him at the next corner. LH added 25 seconds to finishing time, demoted 1st place to 3rd place |
Japan | McLaren | Lewis Hamilton | LH receives drive through penalty for first corner incident - allegedly barging Kimi Raikonnen (Ferrari) off the road. Many others involved, no other penalised |
Japan | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Sebastien Bourdais | Felipe Massa (Ferrari) finishes 8th, but promoted to 7th after SB penalised 25 seconds. Bourdais had the inside line emerging from the pits into the first corner, Massa cut across and spun. |
Japan | Ferrari | Felipe Massa | FM receives drive through penalty for cutting chicane and tilting Hamilton (McLaren) into a spin on the second lap. Hamilton restarts in last place |
NB:
- Monaco - Kimi Raikonnen (Ferrari) rams Sutil from the rear and ends Sutil's race, KR receives no penalty
- France - Kimi Raikonnen (Ferrari) loose exhaust, no black/orange flag