CBC Sports: BAR-Honda receives two-race ban
The BAR-Honda Formula One team has been suspended for the next two races after an appeals court ruled Thursday that a driver violated a weight rule at last month's San Marino Grand Prix.
BAR-Honda driver Jenson Button's car was found to be five kilograms below the minimum 600-kg minimum limit at the San Marino event on April 24.
"It is not possible for the court to find that Lucky Strike BAR-Honda deliberately committed fraud," the four-judge panel said in a statement. However it said, the team displayed "a highly regrettable negligence and lack of transparency."
Under the ruling, Button and teammate Takuma Sato will be stripped of the 10 points they earned in San Marino. Button finished third, while Sato was fifth.
It was the first time BAR-Honda racers had finished a race all season.
CBC Sports: BAR-Honda receives two-race ban
BAR-Honda driver Jenson Button's car was found to be five kilograms below the minimum 600-kg minimum limit at the San Marino event on April 24.
"It is not possible for the court to find that Lucky Strike BAR-Honda deliberately committed fraud," the four-judge panel said in a statement. However it said, the team displayed "a highly regrettable negligence and lack of transparency."
Under the ruling, Button and teammate Takuma Sato will be stripped of the 10 points they earned in San Marino. Button finished third, while Sato was fifth.
It was the first time BAR-Honda racers had finished a race all season.
CBC Sports: BAR-Honda receives two-race ban
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