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Following a hearing, the stewards deemed Shwartzman to be in breach of Appendix H, Article 2.5.5 b) of the International Sporting Code for passing Yuki Tsunoda in the yellow zone while travelling at speed, leading them to impose a drop of five grid positions for the next race that Shwartzman participates in.
Acknowledging the fact that Shwartzman is not currently racing in F1 – with the Israeli driver instead participating in the World Endurance Championship – a document released by the stewards added of the decision: “The penalty is the usual penalty for passing under a double yellow, and while the Stewards recognize that the driver is not scheduled to start the race, they have applied the consistent penalty.”
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Albon and Bearman, meanwhile, were also summoned to the stewards over their collision but no further action was taken, with the verdict being that this had been a racing incident.
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