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Penalty for start crash costs Hadjar Australian F2 victory
After the lights went out in Albert Park, the Campos driver got into trouble when he accidentally caused his teammate Pepe Marti to collide with Gabriel Bortoleto from Invicta Racing while trying to pass polesitter Roman Stanek. This led to both Marti and Bortoleto retiring from the race due to the heavy impact with the wall. Despite the incident, Hadjar initially secured the top spot on the podium, but later received a 10-second time penalty, pushing him down to sixth place and granting Stanek his first F2 victory. As a result of the penalty, Dennis Hauger was promoted to second place and Kush Maini to third. The FIA ruling concluded that the Campos driver, Isack Hadjar, was primarily responsible for the collision, resulting in a penalty and two points on his racing license. The incident was thoroughly analyzed by the race stewards based on explanations from all drivers involved and video evidence depicting the sequence of events that led to the collision.
