Overview
- The FIA stewards found Pierre Gasly guilty of impeding Lance Stroll in Q1 at Silverstone and imposed the standard three‑place grid penalty that moves Gasly from 12th to 15th.
- Alpine and Gasly told the hearing his team radio was not working and Formula One Management confirmed a technical fault with FOM equipment that meant no radio warning was sent.
- Stewards said the lack of radio contact did not remove the driver’s responsibility because Gasly had dashboard information to see Stroll was on a timed lap.
- Gasly’s drop promoted Nico Hülkenberg, Ollie Bearman and Carlos Sainz on the starting order while Stroll’s grid spot was unchanged because he already had a separate engine‑change penalty and later received three five‑second track‑limits penalties in the race.
- The decision closes separate probes into Esteban Ocon and Isack Hadjar with no action and arrives during heightened scrutiny of stewarding after June’s Monaco timing controversy which raises focus on FOM communications and how stewards apply rules.