{"id":90168,"date":"2025-10-20T14:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/90168\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:23:15","slug":"red-bull-fined-for-pre-race-us-gp-grid-incident-speedcafe-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/90168\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull fined for pre-race US GP grid incident- Speedcafe.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRed Bull are under investigation after their USGP win. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n

The Milton Keynes outfit was summoned after the chequered flag in Austin for a violation of Articles 12.2.1.h and 12.2.1.i of the FIA International Sporting Code, relating to a \u201cfailure to follow the instructions of the relevant officials for the safe and orderly conduct of the event.\u201d<\/p>\n

The issue stemmed from a grid-related incident, in which a Red Bull team member re-entered the gate near Lando Norris\u2019s grid position after the formation lap had commenced, despite pit marshals starting to close the access gate.<\/p>\n

Officials said the team member \u201cdid not appear to react to\u201d their efforts to prevent him from entering. The team member later claimed he was unaware of the marshals\u2019 attempts to stop him.<\/p>\n

The stewards deemed the act unsafe, stating: \u201cAny person affiliated to a team or other stakeholders should be aware that entering the track or hindering the safety measures to prepare the track for the race after the grid has been cleared is absolutely prohibited.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt must be considered as an unsafe act and therefore a significant penalty to the team is warranted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Half of the fine has been suspended for the remainder of the 2025 season, provided there is no repeat offence of a similar nature. Verstappen\u2019s victory remains unaffected.<\/p>\n

The Dutch driver\u2019s Austin triumph \u2014 his fifth of the season<\/a> \u2014 saw him control all 56 laps, closing the gap to championship leader Oscar Piastri to just 40 points with five rounds remaining.<\/p>\n

Verstappen also won the Sprint race<\/a> earlier in the weekend and narrowly missed a grand chelem after Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli claimed the fastest lap in the race.<\/p>\n

Teammate Yuki Tsunoda scored valuable points with top-10 finishes in both the Sprint and grand Prix, keeping Red Bull competitive in the hunt for second place in the constructors\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Williams driver Carlos Sainz was handed a five-place grid penalty for next weekend\u2019s Mexican Grand Prix and two penalty points on his licence after colliding with Antonelli during Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

The stewards deemed Sainz \u201cpredominantly to blame\u201d after a failed move at Turn 15 sent the Mercedes driver into the gravel.<\/p>\n

As Sainz retired from the race, the penalty was converted into a grid drop equivalent to a 10-second time penalty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Bull are under investigation after their USGP win. Image: XPB Images The Milton Keynes outfit was summoned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5703,3516,111,139,69,12362,213,63140],"class_list":["post-90168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-carlos-sainz","tag-max-verstappen","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-red-bull","tag-sports","tag-united-states-gp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}