F1 News: Mercedes In Hot Water After Breaking Parc Ferme Conditions At Spanish GP

A physio entered the cool down room ahead of the drivers being weighed. Now they're waiting for their resulting punishment.

UPDATE: Mercedes were given a €10,000 fine. 

Mercedes has been summoned to the stewards for a breach of post-race procedures. Specifically: "Alleged breach of Article 12.2.1 i) of the International Sporting Code and noncompliance with the Media Delegate’s Post Race Procedures (document 40) – breach of Parc Ferme instructions." The results will be revealed after their summoning at 18:30 track time. 

This regards the fact that driver physios have to wait outside the cool down room until the ceremony has concluded. It sounds as though this didn't happen. 

"The Team Representative and the physiotherapists for Cars 44 and 63 are required to report to the Stewards at 18:30," an FIA report reads.

Drivers must be left alone in the cool down room because they need to be weighed after the race. If someone, such as a physio, is in there, they could easily pass them items to change their recorded weight while still in parc ferme conditions. 

Fortunately for the team, who battled their way to P2 and P3 from Lewis Hamilton and George Russell respectively, this will only like result in suspended fines.

Bad news for Mercedes, but nothing for fans to worry about.