Yahoo Autos UPDATE: Mercedes fined over parc ferme breach
Mercedes has been fined €10,000 ($10,700) for a breach of parc ferme regulations relating to Lewis Hamilton and George Russell’s physiotherapists in the Spanish Grand Prix.
The FIA has been clamping down on driver physiotherapists in parc ferme over the last year, with a document released ahead of each race outlining the post-race procedures highlighting the fact that, “Driver physios must wait outside the cool-down room behind the podium until the podium ceremony has concluded following the instructions given to all teams by the Media Delegate.”
In Austria last year, the physiotherapists for the top three of Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Hamilton were all found to have breached the instructions, leading to suspended €10,000 fines at the time. Those fines expired at the end of last season, but Mercedes is the first team to be summoned for a similar topic since.
