Overview
- The stewards cleared Yuki Tsunoda on Sunday, so his 10th-place finish and single championship point from the Italian Grand Prix remain in the official result.
- Race Director Rui Marques ordered an extra formation lap because Tsunoda approached the grid angled toward the pit wall and Marques said he was not comfortable starting the race with the car in that position.
- Multiple camera angles showed Tsunoda initially heading for the wrong grid slot then steering into the correct grid box, and the stewards agreed the car was within its grid lines and not in a false-start position.
- The stewards interpreted Article B5.9.4 to mean the mandatory stop-and-go penalty applies when a driver who is told they caused an extra formation lap fails to enter and start from the pit lane, so a penalty did not apply here because Tsunoda and his team were never informed they were regarded as the cause.
- The stewards recommended the FIA create a formal process to notify teams and drivers if Race Control considers them the cause of an extra formation lap, a change that would make it clearer when a pit-lane start and the related penalty must follow.