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Mercedes must report to stewards after alleged parc fermé violation

4 June 2023 at 17:31
Last update 4 June 2023 at 18:25
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  • Kada Sarkozi
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Mercedes may be in trouble. The team has to report to the stewards for both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell due to an alleged breach of post-race procedures.

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The call from the FIA stewards states that a representative of the team should come forward, along with the physiotherapists of Hamilton and Russell. With that, it looks like a similar violation as we have seen before, where the physiotherapists had already joined the drivers where not yet allowed.

Physiotherapists must wait outside the cool-down area behind the stage until the podium ceremony is over, but it is possible that this did not happen in this case. This is a violation of the parc fermé rules, but a severe penalty seems unlikely.

After the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were all fined for violating this rule. If it is indeed a similar offence this time, the Mercedes drivers may get off with a suspended fine.