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The stewards say the €10,000 fines are “suspended for the remainder of the season pending any further violation of the procedure”
The top three from the Austrian GP, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, have been handed suspended fines for a breach of parc ferme instructions after Sunday’s race.
Leclerc, Verstappen and Hamilton were all summoned to stewards on Sunday evening for a breach of the International Sporting Code, alleged to have failed to follow the instructions issued.
The instructions were: “Driver physios must wait outside the cool down room behind the podium until the podium ceremony has concluded.”
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All three of the drivers were in breach, and they have been handed suspended €10,000 (£8.500) fines.
“Physio/drivers’ assistants of the top three finishers entered parc ferme without permission and in violation of the procedure that was published prior to the race or the orderly conduct of the event,” read the verdict.
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“In part this is to prevent handing over items to the drivers prior to them being weighed.”
The stewards say the fines are “suspended for the remainder of the season pending any further violation of the procedure” and that the “passes of the individuals concerned may be revoked in case of systemic violation”.
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