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FIA stewards clarify track-limit guidance for Mexico GP starts and restarts

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Cars that left the track in turns 1–3 or 4–6 and kept position against a rival close behind could be judged to have gained a lasting advantage. The guidance covered the opening lap and the first lap after each restart.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 1 min

Before the 2026 Mexico City Grand Prix at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the FIA stewards told teams that a car leaving the track in the specified sections and keeping its position against a rival close behind could be judged to have gained a lasting advantage.

The guidance covered turns 1–3 and 4–6 on the opening lap and the first lap after every restart. In those zones, all cars were to be treated as both attacking and defending.

To avoid being judged to have gained that advantage, a driver had to give the position back before turn 4 after going off at turns 1–3, or before turn 12 after going off at turns 4–6.

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