The Mercedes team has been fined\u00a0\u20ac10,000 after Andrea Kimi Antonelli collided with Yuki Tsunoda\u2019s Red Bull in the pit lane in FP3 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Antonelli and Tsunoda made contact in the pit lane in the closing minutes of the third and final practice session at the Yas Marina circuit.<\/p>\n
Mercedes fined by FIA after pit-lane collision between Antonelli and Yuki Tsunoda<\/p>\n
Tsunoda\u2019s Red Bull was making its way down the fast lane when Antonelli was released by Mercedes.<\/p>\n
Antonelli ended up tagging the right-rear corner of the Red Bull, causing damage to Tsunoda\u2019s floor and bargeboard area.<\/p>\n
Antonelli also suffered damage to the left-hand endplate of his front wing.<\/p>\n
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\ud83d\udc49\u00a0F1 2025: Head-to-head qualifying statistics between team-mates<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0F1 2025: Head-to-head race statistics between team-mates<\/a><\/p>\n The FIA launched an investigation with Antonelli and Tsunoda, along with team representatives from Mercedes and Red Bull, summoned to the stewards ahead of qualifying in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n The FIA has confirmed that Mercedes has been hit with a\u00a0\u20ac10,000 fine having acknowledged that it was in a \u201cbit of a rush\u201d to get Antonelli back on track after a red flag for Lewis Hamilton\u2019s crashed Ferrari interrupted the session.<\/p>\n Mercedes fine equals the\u00a0\u20ac10,000 punishment handed to Ferrari following a pit-lane collision between Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris at the Singapore Grand Prix in early October.<\/p>\n The stewards\u2019 verdict read: \u201cThe Stewards heard from the team representatives from Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team and Oracle Red Bull Racing and reviewed video, team radio and in-car video evidence.<\/p>\n \u201cThe competitor of Car 12 conceded that the team was in a \u201cbit of a rush\u201d due to the prior red flag and also noted that there was no fault that could be attributed to the driver, as he was following the instructions of the team.<\/p>\n \u201cThe penalty applied is the same as that applied to a similar breach in this year\u2019s Singapore Grand Prix.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking before the verdict was made official, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff apologised to Tsunoda for the team\u2019s error.<\/p>\n He told Sky F1: \u201cFirst of all, I\u2019m sorry for Yuki, because I think we damaged all of the good bits of his car.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was our mistake. We need to identify what happened.<\/p>\n \u201cThe session was grim at the beginning, but then I think George [Russell] had a proper lap and that was good enough for P1.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd with Kimi after the shunt in the pit lane, it was all messy, obviously. It\u2019s going to be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n More on Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Mercedes from PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Andrea Kimi Antonelli news<\/a><\/p>\n