News Details

Williams hit with second 60,000 fine for loose wheel

Associated Press Enlarge Williams has been fined 60,000 for the second race weekend in a row after another wheel was incorrectly fitted to Pastor Maldonado's car during practice for the Indian Grand Prix. At the last race in Suzuka the wheel flew off at the fast Spoon corner, but in India just the wheel nut came away before Maldonado managed to slow the car without losing the wheel. However, while the stewards noted that improvements had been made to the design of the Williams wheel-nut system, they still felt a hefty fine was necessary due to it being a second offence and the nut coming away from the car. "Examination of the parts concerned revealed that the wheel fastener had been...
Full Story »
11y ago from espnF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Williams’ preparations marred by further...

Williams endured a bittersweet Friday in preparation for this weekend’s...
11y ago from RichlandF1.com

Williams fined €60,000

Williams have been fined €60,000 for the second time in as many...
11y ago from SkySports.com

Williams investigating wheel nut issue

The front right wheel nut fell off the Williams but the wheel itself...
11y ago from espnF1.com

Indian GP: Practice notes - Williams

Valtteri Bottas: We went through our planned programme in both the...
11y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez identifies surprise name as his main...

Marc Marquez identified a surprise name he believes is his main MotoGP...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Franco Morbidelli ends four-year MotoGP podium drought...

Franco Morbidelli opened up about the self-doubt battles he faced before...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

MotoGP title race will be a Márquez family feud, says...

t;li>‘Alex is the main opponent for championship,’ says...
20h ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Date set for IndyCar’s inaugural Grand Prix of...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a date for the first running on the...

Takuma Sato to contest 16th Indy 500 with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Arsenal will be there' – Fabrizio Romano...

Arsenal will be on the hunt to sign a new striker in the summer transfer...
49m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.