Overview

• Williams’ Right of Review succeeded after stewards accepted previously unpublished forward- and rear-facing onboard footage from Lawson’s car.
• The collision was reclassified as a racing incident, with stewards citing Lawson’s momentary loss of control and finding no driver predominantly to blame.
• The two superlicence points for Sainz were removed, but his 10-second penalty stood because it was served during the race, leaving his Dutch GP P13 intact.
• The case has renewed discussion on driving guidelines and on whether to delay rulings until full onboard data is available, with a deeper review slated for the Qatar GP meeting.
• George Russell urged F1 to use a consistent stewarding panel across the season to improve predictability following the Zandvoort controversy.