Kovy penalised 25secs, McLaren fined $50k for unsafe release

[Robinho]

title says it all, not surprised, although i can;t see how they could have given a drive through seeing as they had about 70 laps to look at the incident.

not sure what effect it has on the results - where dod Kovy finish originally and who has been promoted?

[Allyc85]

Autosport says no penalty.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79597

[Dave B]

That conflicts with Autosport, who report no penalty.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79597

Cornfused.

[Robinho]

BBC ticker have this one, no actual report

[harsha]

there needs to be some consistency from the stewards on this....the pitlane fire was pretty dangerous

[Northern Monkey]

FIA statement says penalty.

Trulli also fined for behaviour following Sutil incident and given a reprimand.

[AndyRAC]

While the 'penalty' was deserved - why not give it during the race? I really don't like the FiA Stewards investigating after a race, they can't all be busy during the race.

[Dave B]

Penalty confirmed on the FIA website. BBC 1 - 0 Autosport.

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre...ocument_48.pdf

[ioan]

While the 'penalty' was deserved - why not give it during the race? I really don't like the FiA Stewards investigating after a race, they can't all be busy during the race.

It's not because they are busy, it's because giving a penalty after the race helps them pick the penalty that best suits the situation, that's all.

[beachgirl]

It's not because they are busy, it's because giving a penalty after the race helps them pick the penalty that best suits the situation, that's all.

Gives them time to pick the penalty that will most help/hurt the people in the situation. Fairness has never been a benchmark of the FIA stewards.