Drive-through & stop-go penalties - what's the difference?

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I know that a drive-through penalty means that you just drive through the pitlane with a speed limit, and a stop-go means you have to drive through the pitlane, stop 10 seconds before moving again. The thing I don't understand is, under what circumstances is one penalty inforced rather than the other? (I hope I phrased that right!)

For example, let's say a driver is hit with a stop-go penalty during a race. Why is it a stop-go penalty and not a drive-through?

Sorry if it sounds confusing. :indiff:
 
I don't think the "stop-and-go" penalty is or was ever used in F1. Somewhere around the early-1990's the 10-second penalty was created for excessive blocking, jump starts, exceeding the pit lane speed limit...it's not used as frequently as before.

CART/ChampCar and IRL use the "stop-and-go" penalty for pit infractions (running over air hoses, et cetera), and maybe NASCAR, which also seems to create new penalties and knee-jerk rule changes every weekend to spice up the "show".
 
Stop and go penalties can be used, and are used in F1.

FIA regulations
54) The stewards may impose any one of three penalties on any driver involved in an Incident :
a) A drive-through penalty. The driver must enter the pit lane and re-join the race without stopping ;
b) A ten second time penalty. The driver must enter the pit lane, stop at his pit for at least ten seconds and then re-join the race.
c) a drop of ten grid positions at the driver’s next Event.

However, should either of the penalties under a) and b) above be imposed during the last five laps, or after the end of a race, Article 55b) below will not apply and 25 seconds will be added to the elapsed race time of the driver concerned.
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It seems to be at the steward's discretion as to whether its a drive through or a stop and go.

http://www.fia.com/resources/documents/471827260__2008_F1_sporting_regulations.pdf
 
Not to mention the famous M Schumacher stop go...pulled in on the last lap to go to his pit box for his stop-go and crossed the line to win in the process.
 
<_Spike_>
Not to mention the famous M Schumacher stop go...pulled in on the last lap to go to his pit box for his stop-go and crossed the line to win in the process.
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It probably wasn't particularily critical to the outcome of the race (which race was it?). I would suspect that if a driver commited a "stop-go" offense in the closing laps, they would just suffer a time penalty instead (20-25 seconds).
 
Not sure of the gap, I believe had he have gone in earlier he would've lost the lead, having put in 2 mighty laps before he came in. As for the race...I'm not 100% sure actually, was some years ago I know that much...back in the Schuie/Irvine days of Ferrari
 
It was in 1994 at Silverstone.

A stop/go or drive through penalty has to be served within 3 laps of notification, and the notification has to be within 15 minutes of the infringement (which emphatically was not the case in the Schumacher incident).

As daan has already quoted from the rulebook, if such a penalty is required within five laps of the end of the race, or after the race has ended, no pitlane penalty will apply. Instead, 25 seconds will be added to the driver's race time.
 

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