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Trulli fined $10,000 for Sutil altercation

Toyota's Jarno Trulli has been fined a hefty $10,000 (£6,100) for tackling Adrian Sutil following their race-ending crash in the Brazilian Grand Prix. Although FIA-appointed race stewards felt that the coming together itself was no more than a racing incident, the Italian receives the fine for his post-crash reactions.

With Trulli having put a wheel on the grass and spun into Sutil, who then took Fernando Alonso out of the race, the stewards judged that - having talked to drivers, team representatives and reviewing video evidence - the on-track incident was no more than a 'racing incident'.

The second part of the FIA report, however, reads as follows:

'…the Stewards also considered the behaviour of Jarno Trulli following the incident in failing to leave the track as required by the marshals immediately after the incident and aggressively confronting Adrian Sutil.

The Stewards consider this to be a breach of Article 151 (c) of the 2009 FIA International Sporting Code.'

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