Ferrari fined €50,000 for Bahrain F1 pit lane incident

Ferrari has been fined €50,000 by the FIA for the unsafe release of Kimi Raikkonen’s car follow♒ing a pit stop during Sunday’s Form🦩ula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix that left a crew member with a broken leg.

Raikkonen retired from the race when in podium contention after hitting the crew member on the left-rea🅺r side of his car, having pulജled away from his box before the wheel was attached.

Fr🌱ancesco Cigarini was taken to hospital where he was found to have suffered a fractured fibula and shinbone.

Ferrari fined €50,000 for Bahrain F1 pit lane incident

Ferrari has been 🔥fined €50,000 by the FIA for the unsafe release of Kimi Raikkonen’s car following a pit stop during Sunday’s Formula 1 Bahrain 🃏Grand Prix that left a crew member with a broken leg.

Rꩲaikkonen retired from the race when in podium contention after hitting the crew member on the left-rear side of his car, having pulled away from his box before the wheel was attached.

Francesco Cigarini was taken t𒁏o hospital where he was found to have suffered a fractured fibula and shinbone.

Raikkonen was given the green light on Ferrari’s traffic light system above his head was on, telling hඣim to go, but that the team is yet to fin🔯d out how that happened before the left-rear wheel was attached.

Race control confirmed 🔴during the race the incident would be inve🐠stigated after the race, with the FIA issuing a €50,000 fine to Ferrari.

“The Stewards reviewed the video of the pit stop of Raikkonen at 19:10 and h🌃eard from the team representatives,” the penalty notice reads.

“The Stewards determined that the car was released unsafely in breach of Art. 28.13 𒁃a). The team released the car in a manner endꦗangering team personnel and causing injury.”

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