FIA summons for rookies after late-lap clash in Chinese Sprint
22 Mar 2025 5:25 AM

Jack Doohan was involved in a last-lap clash with Gabriel Bortoleto in China
Jack Doohan and Gabriel Bortoleto were summoned to see the stewards after a last-lap clash pitched the Sauber driver into a spin in the Chinese GP Sprint.
The elbows were out as four of Formula 1’s six rookies raced for pride, not points, at the back of the field in Saturday’s 19-lap Sprint.
Jack Doohan and Gabriel Bortoleto clashed in the Sprint
But while Liam Lawson’s contact with Doohan saw the stewards rule no further investigation was necessary, Doohan’s late-lap antics with Bortoleto are under investigation.
The two have been summoned to the stewards for the “alleged breach of Appendix L, Chapter IV, Article 2 d) of the International Sporting Code – Turn 14 incident between Cars 7 and 5.”
Fighting to escape the position as the last rookie in the result, Doohan made a late lunge on Bortoleto at the Turn 14 hairpin on lap 19.
The important numbers after the Chinese GP Sprint
👉 2025 Chinese Grand Prix – Sprint race F1 results (Shanghai)
👉 The updated Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship standings
Crashing into the side of Bortoleto’s Sauber, the Brazilian went spinning while Doohan suffered front wing damage.
“This guy dove and hit me,” Bortoleto told Sauber.
He finished the race in 18th place while Doohan was last, P20.
The incident is under investigation.
Meanwhile, the stewards have explained why they decided not to take further action after Lawson clattered into Doohan at the same corner earlier in the race.
“Car 30 (LAW) overtook Car 7 (DOO) at Turn 14 and there was a minor collision at the exit,” read the statement.
“We applied the Driving Standards Guidelines as a guide to determine who had the right to the corner. Applying those guidelines, it is clear that LAW was well ahead of DOO at the apex of the corner and was entitled to use the full track at the exit.
“DOO should therefore have given LAW sufficient room to overtake and his failure to do so resulted in a minor collision. As the resulting collision was minor, we took no further action.
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