Ferrari receive bizarre fine for Vettel's 1.7km/h error

Martin Macdonald

Saturday 23 June 2018 19:01

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Ferrari have been given a fine by the FIA because Sebastian Vettel exceeded the speed limit in the pit lane by 1.7km/h during qualifying for the French Grand Prix on Saturday - but the amount has been limited to the bizarre payment of €200.

Due to some track concerns regarding visibility, the maximum speed allowed in the pit lane was reduced from 80 km/h to 60km/h ahead of FP3 on Saturday morning.

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And Vettel was caught exceeding the revised speed limit by just 1.7km/h, which probably explains the leniency of the amount of the fine given to Ferrari.

Even still, I don't think a team the size of Ferrari will have too many sleepless nights worrying about writing a cheque to cover this!

Ferrari have been fined €200 for Seb's pit lane speeding during qualifying #FrenchGP pic.twitter.com/yYX8OKhBrj — Gianluca D'Alessandro (@Gianludale27) June 23, 2018

Ferrari receive bizarre fine for Vettel's 1.7km/h error

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