Alonso fined for pit lane incident
F1 Grand Prix, GP Spain, Circuit de Catalunya
During the third part of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, there was a minor incident involving Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg. The Spaniard, because of a misunderstanding with the team, came out of the garage for his first run, chopping in front of the Mercedes driver: the race Stewards therefore fined Fernando 20,000 dollars for what they deemed an unsafe manoeuvre.