Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have saved their second and third-place finishes in at present’s Spanish Grand Prix after their group was investigated for a breach of parc ferme restrictions.
Nevertheless Mercedes have been fined €10,000 (£8,613) after the drivers’ physiotherapists have been discovered to have violated the parc ferme restrictions.
The stewards famous that “the physios/drivers’ assistants of vehicles 44 [Hamilton] and 63 [Russell] entered parc ferme in violation of the publish race interview and podium ceremony process that was revealed previous to the race ‘for the orderly conduct of the occasion’.”
Groups have been suggested earlier than the race that “driver physios should wait exterior the calm down room behind the rostrum till the rostrum ceremony has concluded following the directions given to all groups by the media delegate.”
The groups are answerable for the actions of any people offering companies for them, the stewards identified: “Article 9.15.1 of the FIA Worldwide Sporting Code locations the duty for the actions on the a part of any particular person offering a service, on the competitor to whom the service is supplied.”
Mercedes and two different groups dedicated an analogous breach ultimately yr’s Austrian Grand Prix. On that event the group was given a suspended €10,000 high quality.
The group scored its finest end of the season so far in at present’s race, including 33 factors to its tally and overtaking Aston Martin for second place within the constructors championship.
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