Overview
- Leon was stripped of his seventh-place finish after stewards ruled that a person linked to his car wore a radio headset fitted with a microphone during the Spa feature race on Sunday.
- A scrutineer warned the guest that the headset was not permitted because it appeared able to transmit, but the guest put the device back on and continued to use it.
- Campos Racing told stewards the guest had taken the wrong headset by mistake, and the team manager and teammate Nikola Tsolov attended the hearing while Leon had left the circuit.
- The stewards deemed the breach of Appendix 5 and Article 21.5 of the F2 sporting regulations justified disqualification for Leon, a €20,000 fine for Campos, and a 25-point team deduction that is suspended unless a similar breach occurs.
- The case underscores that teams are responsible for controlling guest equipment and protecting in-race communications, and the suspended points penalty could be activated if rules on non-operational headsets are broken again.