Ralf penalised for unfair move.

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Toyota's Ralf Schmacher has been given a twenty-five second penalty after an incident with BMW WilliamsF1 driver Nick Heidfeld during today's San Marino Grand Prix. The stewards of the race ruled that Ralf performed an 'unfair manoeuvre' in the pit lane and has been given a 25-second penalty to his total race time.


The penalty drops Ralf out of the points from the eighth place in which he finished. The ruling moves Heidfeld up to eighth and wins him a single point.

Toyota will appeal the penalty as team principal Tsutomu Tomita said, "In view of the extremely vague description of the regulation and a number of similar incidents which have gone unpunished, Toyota has decided to appeal the decision of the stewards in order to clarify this issue for the future."


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