On the slowing lap after the checkered flag, Verschoor’s car stopped before he could race a lap. The FIA technical spokesman said the car was unable to provide a fuel sample of at least 0.8kg, with just 31.3g left in the tank. Daruvala, who finished second, was handed a 20-second penalty after his Prema team “attempted to dry the track surface at the grid position before the start of the race by applying the fans normally used to cool the engine to the ground just ahead . of the rear wheels of the car 2. “This has been witnessed and reported by the Technical Representative. As the performance advantage can never be ruled out in such a case, simply trying to change the track surface is prohibited regardless of any success.” The FIA said it was assessed as a transition penalty, which, as it could not be enforced during the race, was converted into a 20-second penalty in the final standings. The penalties mean Logan Sargeant, who finished third for Carlin, will be promoted to first ahead of Enzo Fittipaldi and Roberto Merhi. Further down the grid, ART’s Frederik Vesti received a five-second penalty after going off-track at Turn 3 and built up a lasting advantage while battling Olli Caldwell (Campos Racing). He was also given a penalty point, bringing his total so far this year to three. Prema Racing was fined €1000 for a pitstop violation during Dennis Hauger’s stop. The stewards determined that during the mandatory pit stop, the rear left tire was not set straight as required, lifted and rolled away from the engineer for a short distance before being retracted. They said the incident “creates a potential safety issue but was not an intentional act by the engineer.”
