Formula 2 driver Amaury Cordeel has been banned from the next round of the series at Silverstone after accruing 12 penalty points on his licence.
The Van Amersfoort Racing driver has gained penalty points for a variety of reasons, including ignoring track limits repeatedly at Imola and failing to respect yellow and red flags in Jeddah – a weekend that gave him four points on his licence alone – as well as failing to complete the formation lap in grid order in Barcelona last month.
His various offences had combined to give him 11 penalty points heading into the weekend in Baku and he notched the point that triggered his race ban after colliding with Olli Caldwell in Sunday’s feature race.
The FIA’s ruling on the collision read: “Having considered the matter extensively, the Stewards determined Car 14 [Caldwell] was behind Car 25 [Cordeel] between Turns 3 and 4.
“Car 14 chose an outside line and was alongside Car 25 on the straight approaching Turn 4. Car 25 was focused on the cars ahead and did not see Car 14 on his left.
“Car 25 moved across to the left, making contact with Car 14 and forcing them both into the wall. Both cars retired. Car 25 was deemed to be wholly at fault for causing the collision.”
Cordeel will miss Formula 2’s next race weekend at Silverstone as a result, becoming the first F2 driver to receive a race ban since Mahaveer Ranganathan in 2019.
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