Ferrari fined €10,000 for tyre rule breach at Belgian GP

Ferrari was fined €10,000 by the FIA after stewards found it breached F1 tyre rules twice during Friday practice at the Belgian Grand Prix. The penalties were €5,000 for each car after the team failed to physically return tyres to the appointed supplier before Free Practice 2, an infringement under Article B6.4.2 involving both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.

FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer alerted the stewards after Ferrari electronically returned two sets of dry-weather tyres for each car following Free Practice 1, but did not hand the tyres back in person before the next session began. Ferrari admitted the mistake was an oversight during the hearing, and the FIA treated it as a procedural issue rather than a sporting advantage, so no sporting penalties were imposed. Hamilton finished second in Free Practice 1 and fourth in Free Practice 2, while Leclerc was third in Free Practice 1 and 11th in Free Practice 2.