News Details
Vergne hit with £25k fine and ten-place penalty
Toro Rosso and Jean-Eric Vergne have been handed a double punishment for their unsafe release during the second practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix. The Frenchman faces a ten-place grid drop for the race, whilst his team have been handed a £25,000 (€30,000, $41,000) fine. It comes after Vergne's right-rear wheel came free from the car as he rounded turn two, finally coming to a rest at turn three. Laurent Mekies, head of vehicle performance, says the team now understand what went wrong and they hope to rectify it for the fyture. "Unfortunately we had an issue with Jev's pit stop at the end of his long run, when we lost a wheel as soon as he left the pit lane, but...
Full Story »
Full Story »
10y ago from TheF1Times.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Vergne, Perez critical of tyre performance
Red Bull/Getty Images
Jean-Eric Vergne and Sergio Perez have criticised...
10y ago from F1Zone.net
Lauda: Our philosophy is we don't give team orders and...
Lauda: Our philosophy is we don't give team orders and we let them race 8...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com
Sauber duo place hopes on upgrades
Sauber F1 Team
Sauber racers Esteban Gutierrez and Adrian Sutil say they...
10y ago from F1Zone.net
Vergne: Toro Rosso better than in 2013
Jean-Eric Vergne believes that Toro Rosso has made gains compared to...
10y ago from F1Zone.net
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Marquez recommended Lorenzo to Honda to prevent Ducati...
No description available...
18h ago from Motorsport.com
Marc Marquez confirms surprise split from Red Bull...
Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has confirmed that he and Red Bull...
5d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
How Foster proved a point and fulfilled a lifelong...
No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com
The spotlight now on IndyCar, Indy NXT as both series...
No description available...
4d ago from Motorsport.com
Sophia Floersch signs with HMD Motorsports for 2025...
No description available...
1w ago from Motorsport.com
Fading financial support pushes rising star...
No description available...
1w ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Rovanpera hopes circuit racing exploits can help 2025...
No description available...
17h ago from Motorsport.com
More events like Monza Rally Show would be “nice”...
No description available...
3d ago from Motorsport.com
How Alpine is helping Loeb's bid for Dakar history...
No description available...
5d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
'Send them to Saudi', 'Both are bang average' - Fans...
No description available...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com
'This guy is elite', 'Might be the best signing of the...
No description available...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Gabriel Martinelli fails his audition as search begins...
enal do enough to beat Ipswich but are no closer to solving the problem of...
5h ago from TheGuardian.com
Arsenal injury boost confirmed as Mikel Arteta...
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta reveals that Raheem Sterling should return from...
5h ago from SportsMole.co.uk
Comments
Hottest News
Ricciardo boost revealed after team statement issued on...
Daniel Ricciardo has received a major boost amid... Read More »
6h ago from GPFans.com
Ferrari takes great pride in response to title blows -...
A double-DNF in Canada was central to Ferrari’s... Read More »
5h ago from Racer.com
Major Ricciardo boost revealed amid F1 RETURN talk
Daniel Ricciardo has received a major boost amid... Read More »
8h ago from GPFans.com
