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WTF..........................I guess we're waiting on the results of an Albon simulation.

Max fined 50,000 Euros for touching Lewis wing

Autosport

Fact The driver touched and examined the rear wing of car 33 and car 44 in Parc Fermé.

Offence Breach of Article 2.5.1 of the FIA International Sporting Code.

Decision The driver is fined €50,000

Reason The Stewards heard from the driver of car 33 (Max Verstappen) and team
representative.

The stewards also examined a fan video taken from across the track, CCTV video
footage taken from pit lane and in car footage from car 14, car 33, car 44 and car 77.
In all, these videos gave a clear picture of what occurred in parc fermé following the
qualifying session.
Verstappen exits the car, then moves to the rear of his car. He then takes his gloves
off and puts his right hand at the slot-gap of the rear wing of his car. He then moves
to car 44 and repeats the exercise, touching the rear wing in two places, once on
either side of the DRS actuation device, but on the bottom rear side of the wing, in the
area of the slot gap and never near the actuator or the end fixation points.
Clear, high definition video from the rear facing roll-hoop camera on car 44 shows
that there is absolutely no movement of any of the wing elements on car 44 when
Verstappen touches the back of the wing and the Stewards are satisfied, from
watching all the videos, his body position and the video of the wing, that there was
insignificant force when Verstappen touched the wing.
It is clear to the Stewards that it has become a habit of the drivers to touch cars after
qualifying and the races. This was also the explanation of Verstappen, that it was
simply habit to touch this area of the car which has been a point of speculation in
recent races between both teams. This general tendency has been seen as mostly
harmless and so has not been uniformly policed. Nevertheless, it is a breach of the
parc fermé regulation and has significant potential to cause harm
Considering the fact that no direct harm was caused in this case, in the opinion of the
Stewards, and that no earlier precedent of penalties for this exists – on the one hand;
but that it is a breach of the regulation and has potential for serious consequences on
the other, the Stewards determine to take action in this case and order a fine of
€50,000. The Stewards further note that it is intended that all teams and drivers take
notice that future breaches may incur different penalties from the Stewards of those
events.
Competitors are reminded that they have the right to appeal certain decisions of the
Stewards, in accordance with Article 15 of the FIA International Sporting Code and
Chapter 4 of the FIA Judicial and Disciplinary Rules, within the applicable time limits.

www.planetf1.com/news/fernando-alonso-hamilton-verstappen-investigation/

footage from Alonso's on board cameras shows that max barely brushed lulu's car.

I'd say it was worth the 50k

So the only people claiming that Mercedes tried to blame Verstappen work for Red Bull... and, of course, the Hammy-haters on this forum. Sheesh.

Another point of interest is that by rule Mercedes needs to replace Lewis’ faulty wing with the same spec.

Will the new wing past post race inspection?.

There is also a possibility that the original was returned in time for repairs and reinstallation.