Rosberg escapes safety car penalty
Nico Rosberg has escaped a post-race penalty at Japan after it was found that his first lap during deployment of the safety car was run too fast. Due to a fuel message on his display, Nico could not know about the timing, and hence was cleared of a possible penalty.
The Race Director reported to the Stewards that Car No 16, Nico Rosberg exceeded the time delta from when the "Safety Deployed" message was displayed until crossing the Safety Car line. The Stewards met with the driver and the team representatives and considered the telemetry data, GPS records, timekeeping and video evidence. This evidence showed a "low fuel" message on the drivers display had overridden the time delta information preventing the driver from being able to accurately follow the timing information.
However the telemetry data shows that the driver from a safety point of view had reacted adequately to
the yellow flags and safety car boards. In view of this the Stewards intend to take no further action.
