The FIA Worldwide Courtroom of Attraction has set a date to listen to the Attraction filed by Audi towards Yuki Tsunoda towards his Tenth-placed end on the Components 1 Italian Grand Prix.
The FIA’s highest appellate tribunal will hear Audi’s enchantment towards the Japanese racing driver’s Monza end result on November 25 at its Paris headquarters.
Tsunoda had stepped in for Liam Lawson at Racing Bulls for 3 rounds in 2026 after the Kiwi racing driver was drafted at Pink Bull to switch an injured Isack Hadjar.
The 26-year-old scored his solitary championship level on the Temple of Velocity with a Tenth-placed end. Audi completed eleventh and twelfth with its drivers on the chequered flag.
Tsunoda had been slated to start out the race from 14th on the grid, however slotted himself into fifteenth as an alternative after the formation lap. He rapidly realised his mistake and tried leaping again throughout the grid.
That stated, he discovered himself at an ungainly angle, and Race Director Rui Marques determined to run an extra formation lap. Tsunoda began the race from the grid, and ended up Tenth, however Audi determined to lodge a protest.
The German marque argued that Tsunoda had been in violation of Article B5.9.4 of the Sporting Laws, which learn, “Any driver who precipitated an additional formation lap, and is then in a position to begin the, or any subsequent, additional formation lap should enter the Pit Lane on the finish of the lap and should begin the [session] from the tip of the Pit Lane.”
Failing to start out from the pit lane would then incur a stop-and-go penalty.
Stewards clarify cause behind Yuki Tsunoda let off at F1 Italian GP
The stewards’ resolution to permit Tsunoda to retain his Tenth-placed end was extra to do with a unique interpretation of the state of affairs than the statute.
They concurred that the choice to undertake a second formation lap was that of Marques and never essentially ensuing from Tsunoda’s mistake.
“The Race Director, in proof, said that it was his name, primarily based on the behaviour of the automobile on the method to the grid field, to start an additional formation lap. He said he was not comfy beginning the race with the automobile in that place,” the decision learn.
“The Stewards agree with the factors [made by a Racing Bulls team representative] and take into account that the additional formation lap resulted from the Race Director’s evaluation of the state of affairs, reasonably than being instantly attributable to the motive force of Automotive 22.”
If Audi succeed, Gabriel Bortoleto may probably be bumped a spot up and into the factors for the race classification at Monza.
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