The Aston Martin driver was reported for making “more than one change of direction to defend a position” while battling with Valtteri Bottas.
After an investigation he received a five-second penalty and a penalty point on his FIA superlicence. The penalty did not change his finishing position of 12th place.
Race control also looked at Stroll’s move to pass Bottas when the virtual safety car period ended, when it was suggested that he’d forced the Alfa driver off the road, but no action was taken on the incident.
Earlier in the weekend he received a three-place grid penalty and two penalty points following a collision with Nicholas Latifi in qualifying, although his starting position was not impacted as he hadn’t set a lap time.
In the summary of the weaving incident the stewards made it clear that Stroll had made more than the permitted single move: “On the main straight, Car 18 [Stroll] was ahead of Car 77 [Bottas]. Stroll moved right to defend against a potential overtake from…
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