Ralph Schumacher Gets Tyre Penalty

Ralf Schumacher has been given a half-second penalty after a mix-up with his car’s free practice tyres for the Monaco Grand Prix. Stewards discovered Schumacher had used a left front tyre on his Toyota that had not been officially allocated to him during the session.

Supplier Michelin blamed human error for the mistake and Schumacher will now have to add a half-second to his aggregate qualifying time as a penalty. It’s the second time in three races that Schumacher has been penalised. He lost a point at the San Marino Grand Prix after being given a 25 second penalty for a pit-lane offence.