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McLaren fined $50,000 by race stewards

McLaren fined $50,000 by race stewards

06 September 2007

The McLaren Formula 1 team was fined $50,000 by the race stewards as the Woking based team ran a new lightweight gearbox at the Hungarian Grand Prix last month that had not been crash tested. 

Gearbox changes do not always need to be crash tested but according to the stewards the changes were significant and the gearbox needed another crash test under the technical regulations.

The stewards mentioned in their statement on Thursday evening:
Whilst the term "significant" contained within Article 16.1.2 is subjective and open to interpretation (as indicated by the different views adopted by McLaren and the FIA), what is beyond doubt is that by delaying the supply of information to the FIA (which could have been supplied on completion of the modification to the gearboxes during the week commencing Monday 16th July), McLaren deprived the FIA of the opportunity to consider the changes made and require impact testing to be carried out before use.


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