Overview

• Haas driver Oliver Bearman received a 10-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage while defending from Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli at Turn 15.
• The sanction dropped Bearman from eighth to 15th in the United States sprint, costing him the final points-paying position.
• Stewards said Antonelli was ahead at the apex and entitled to use the full width of the circuit, determining the overtake attempt was legitimate and not a case of forcing another car off.
• Under the Driving Standards Guidelines, the penalty carried no superlicence points, so Bearman remains on 10 points with the 12-point race-ban threshold still in play.
• Bearman disagreed with the call, saying he felt pushed off and briefly feared a race ban, while a safety car soon after limited Haas’s chance to consider giving the position back.