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[AKR]

OMGZ Mclaren should be fined £8m and moved back 15 places on the grid for every race ever!

de acuerdo/agreed.

[Rivelution]

OMGZ Mclaren should be fined £8m and moved back 15 places on the grid for every race ever!

de acuerdo/agreed.

[FerrariFan63]

Have similar penalties been given for similar infractions in the past? I think that the refuelling oops is of lesser magnitude than speeding in the pitlane. At least when considered from a safety point of view. But perhaps these infractions need to be taken more seriously to stop drivers/teams doing them.

Did the team gain an advantage due to getting out on track at a more suitable time (or before the cutoff) that they wouldn't have if they stopped the engine?

[Hanwombat]

Mclaren should of been fined, though I hardly doubt Heikki is feeling the strain of loosing 5,000 euros

[8-ball]

Mclaren should of been fined, though I hardly doubt Heikki is feeling the strain of loosing 5,000 euros

No he isn't but he is still being fined for somebody else's mistake

[onelapdown]

Well he was driving the car at the time so he could have turned the ignition off. I doubt he's THAT familiar with the rules though.

Anyway, as for the penalty I think it's pretty sensible. No-ones going to say he gained any material performance advantage, nor that he put anyone else at a disadvantage, so it's a fair reflection of the nature of the infringement.

[8-ball]

I think we should say well done to the FIA for getting something right it looks like they are finally getting thier act together

[Kiwi_Chris]

I think we should say well done to the FIA for getting something right it looks like they are finally getting thier act together

Definitly more more of a sasfty concern than a advantage so the penalty was spot on. Lets hopoe the Fia keep it up