Overview

• FIA stewards investigated alleged impeding under Article 37.5 and slow-driving breaches under Article 33.4 following Friday’s sprint qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps
• Analysis of telemetry and driver testimony showed Tsunoda gained a slipstream from Gasly rather than being held up, leading to no action against Gasly and preservation of his P8 sprint start
• Yuki Tsunoda and George Russell were each reprimanded for exceeding the maximum delta time between Safety Car lines, marking Tsunoda’s second warning of the season and Russell’s first
• Both drivers maintain their sprint grid positions but now sit under closer scrutiny, as accruing five reprimands in a season automatically triggers a 10-place grid drop
• Stewards noted 11 other delta time infractions during the session but issued only these two reprimands to reflect the most serious breaches