Valtteri Bottas C42 on the grid. Imola
Alfa Romeo will leave Brazil with a lighter bank account after they were issued with a fine following a pit-lane misstep.
During the Sao Paulo Grand Prix it was announced by Race Control that Alfa Romeo as a team were under investigation, with a decision to be released after the race.
And the verdict which they reached was that a €1000 fine was warranted, a member of the Alfa Romeo staff, who was not involved in the pit stops, having entered the working zone.
The report reads: “The stewards heard from the team representative. The stewards reviewed the video from several angles.
“A member of the Alfa Romeo team who is not involved in pit stops entered the pit lane working area and was in a position where he was unreasonably close to the path of the
approaching Haas car which was starting its pit stop.
“The Stewards determined that this was an unsafe situation.”
More to follow…
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