McLaren has been handed a reprimand for fitting one of Jenson Button's tyres to Fernando Alonso's car during qualifying for the British Grand Prix on Saturday. The British team endured another difficult qualifying session at Silverstone as Alonso and Button finished 17th and 18th respectively in Q1. However, it appeared that the team's day could get worse still when the stewards confirmed they were investigating the tyre mix up. “Car 14 [Alonso] used a tyre allocated to car 22 [Button] in qualifying,” read the initial statement from the stewards. However, following a meeting with a team member, it was confirmed that McLaren had only been reprimanded for the incident. “The team...
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