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Albon handed five-second penalty for unsafe São Paulo GP rejoin

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The stewards imposed a five-second time penalty and two penalty points on Alexander Albon after ruling that his Williams car rejoined the São Paulo Grand Prix track unsafely. His 12-month penalty-points total is three.

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The stewards imposed a five-second time penalty on Alexander Albon after ruling that Williams' car 23 rejoined the track unsafely during the São Paulo Grand Prix race. They also added two penalty points, taking his total for the 12-month period to three.

According to the decision, car 23 left the track at Turn 2 and rejoined at Turn 3 in front of car 10, which was forced to brake. The stewards said this breached Article B1.8.6 of the FIA F1 Regulations. The document notes that certain steward decisions may be appealed within the applicable time limits.

This is an explicit stewards' decision, not a summons or investigation notice; it states the sanction and its basis.

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  1. PRIMARY SOURCEDoc 67 - Infringement - Car 23 - Rejoining the track unsafelyFIA F1 decision documents
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The document does not say whether an appeal will be filed.