Lawson penalty reversed

During today’s FIA Formula 3 Race 2 at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Liam Lawson was incorrectly found to have caused a collision with David Beckmann when approaching Turn 1.

Following the race, stewards were presented with new information and the decision has been reversed. The five second time penalty that Lawson received during the race will be removed, which means that his finishing position will now be 5th, ahead of Marcus Armstrong.

It was found that Lawson’s position on track was not actually behind Beckmann, but alongside him. Beckmann made a slight move to the right and by doing so he damaged his own tyre on the front wing of Lawson’s MP Motorsport car.