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Mercedes was under scrutiny due to the pit stop confusion it made at Sakhir’s GP on lap 62.
At Mercedes, which made two pit stops, leader George Russell’s car was fitted with Valtteri Bottas tires at the front.
Normally this type of infraction was supposed to have a sports sanction and it was said that Russell would receive a sanction that extended to disqualification, but taking into account other circumstances that cause this problem, only Mercedes was fined 20,000 euros.
In the statement made, “As explained in the previous report, the tires reserved for vehicle number 77 were installed on vehicle 63.”
“This was due to a technical problem with the radio system. The pit crew of vehicle number 63 did not receive the message that the car was in the pits. As a result, the tires of number 77 were mistakenly jammed on 63 in the team that had the double pit stop. “
“This was clearly a violation of the rules and a sports sanction had to be imposed, usually up to disqualification. But in addition to the problems mentioned above, there are extenuating circumstances.”
“First of all, the team fixed the problem in one lap. The # 63 car made another pit stop, so it fell further down in qualifying.
“Second, when number 77 came to the pits, he lost a lot of time because the front tires were stuck to the other car, and the car was returned with old tires when he arrived. This affected the result of the number 77 car.”
“Thirdly, we normally think that such infractions are similar, although they are not among the tolerant 3-lap infractions. Still, the tires must be mounted correctly, so a penalty should be imposed.”
“The FIA is considering amending Article 24.4 if such violations are corrected immediately.” His words were included.
