News Details

Mercedes clinch title after Raikkonen is penalised

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen has been hit with a 30-second time penalty, dropping him from fifth to eighth, following his on-track clash with Williams' Valtteri Bottas. The two Finn's were battling for the final podium position with Bottas ahead of Raikkonen. On the final lap of the race the pair clashed as Raikkonen dived up the inside of his fellow countryman. Bottas' race was ended immediately, however Raikkonen managed to recover and limped across the finish line to claim fifth. Whilst both driver's blamed one another, the race stewards deemed Raikkonen to be at fault and hit him with a 10-second stop/go penalty, which was applied as a 30-second time penalty post-race. "Once...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes wins Constructors' championship after...

Mercedes AMG Petronas Mercedes has clinched its second straight...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Raikkonen penalty hands Mercedes Constructors crown

The Mercedes AMG PETRONAS team have secured their second consecutive...
10y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....

Officially confirms Raikkonen demoted to eighth after...

Officially confirms Raikkonen demoted to eighth after Bottas collision...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Raikkonen penalty confirms Mercedes as teams champion

The stewards' decision to hand Kimi Raikkonen a 30-second post race time...
10y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Kyle Kirkwood signs multi-year IndyCar extension with...

Andretti Global has announced that Kyle Kirkwood has signed an extension...

Colton Herta ‘would love to be back’ for another...

Colton Herta still has a desire to compete in next year’s Indianapolis...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Seems a bad idea', 'Risky to play him' - Arsenal fans...

Arsenal fans have expressed their apprehension over the decision of...
34m ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Manchester United are not going to win the league for...

Al-Nassr superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has boldly claimed that Manchester...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'I was close to joining them many years ago' -...

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that he had the option of joining Arsenal...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Why being last is HELPING Alpine

We've all heard of 'tanking' a season when it... Read More »
54m ago from GPFans.com

Lewis Hamilton's four-word message to newly engaged...

Lewis Hamilton has offered his congratulations to... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com

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.