Stewards announce verdict on Ferrari after incident with Leclerc in FP3
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Ferrari has been fined €5,000 for an incident in FP3. The stewards announced this decision ahead of qualifying. The Italian team failed to follow the instructions when changing the pressure on Charles Leclerc's car's tyres.
Leclerc and Ferrari have been fined five thousand euros, which the FIA just confirmed. Leclerc will be pleased this is not a sporting penalty. The Ferrari driver is still battling Max Verstappen and Lando Norris for the world championship with a quick SF-24 in Singapore.
Why have Ferrari been fined?
"The Team Representative of Ferrari, admitted that the team failed to follow the instructions laid out in Technical Directive 003N, point 2, which specifies that a tyre may be used more than once in a single session, as well as the procedures that must be followed if the team wishes to make adjustments to the tyres such as reducing tyre pressures, which is permitted, but requires that first, tyre temperatures must be obtained and all of this must be done in the presence of a FIA Representative," the statement read.
"These procedures were not followed, which is a breach of Art 30.5a of the FIA F1 Sporting Regulations. The Stewards note that this was during a Free Practice session. In accordance with similar operational tyre infringements in the past, the Stewards issue a fine of €5,000."
