The swear word that Charles Leclerc used during a press conference after the finish of the Mexico City Grand Prix will cost him 10,000 euros – the stewards decided yesterday in Brazil. It is true that so far only half of this fine is due from him, and the payment of the second has been postponed for a year.
At the same time, the stewards took into account extenuating circumstances; in the case of the Ferrari driver, the fact of a violation of decency standards was different from the story with Max Verstappen, who used obscene language in Singapore. , for which he was assigned community service.
Leclerc used a bad word when talking about an episode that happened at the end of the race in Mexico City when he almost lost control of the car and described how he felt. However, he immediately apologized for his unparliamentary language.
“Oh, I’m sorry! No, no, no! I don’t want to go with Max!” he said at the time.
According to the stewards, this mitigates his offense somewhat because Charles apologized, while Verstappen did not.
“The stewards took into account the mitigating factor, namely that Leclerc immediately apologized,” reads the official text of the decision. “Although the stewards noticed that the driver was remorseful, they still concluded that an infringement had occurred and that a punishment was appropriate.
The stewards do not consider that this was an offense of the same level as in the recent case and therefore decided to impose a fine of EUR 10,000, while the payment of EUR 5,000 was deferred for 12 months and will not take place unless the offense is commit. occurs again.
Source: F1 News
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