Ferrari were fined 15 000 on Sunday for a Hungarian Grand Prix technical gaffe that could have cost Fernando Alonso vital championship points. The Spaniard was fifth in the race won by Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes but was summoned to stewards hours after the finish when the FIA technical delegate found the driver had committed a breach of the regulations. The driver-operated DRS (drag reduction system), which can be used to give a boost in overtaking when a car is less than a second behind another, was used by Alonso on three occasions when he was not entitled to do so. After hearing from the team, stewards imposed the fine rather a sanction on the driver because Ferrari explained...
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