AUGUST 22, 2003

No punishment for Raikkonen and Barrichello

The FIA Stewards of the German GP reconvened at the Hungaroring on Friday afternoon to reconsider their decisions from Hockenheim in the light of evidence presented to the Court of Appeal in Paris last week. They studied the evidence from the accident data recorders and concluded that although there were suggestions that Kimi Raikkonen had turned right into Rubens Barrichello the steering traces were so small that they might have been caused by the bumps on the track. The two drivers were thus left unpunished.