FIA to investigate Massa jump-start in Belgium
| Friday 03rd September 2010, 12:08 |
The FIA have launched an investigation into the start of Belgian GP after amateur video footage showed Felipe Massa had past his start-box by two metres.
Such a mistake would usually warrant a jump-start drive-through penalty, however the error wasn't reported to the stewards by the marshalls, nor did the GPS system pick-up on it.
With the official classifications for the race having been published on Sunday night, no action can now be taken against the Ferrari driver.
An FIA spokesperson said the following: "The problem was not brought to the attention of the FIA race director by either the marshals nor the automatic jump start system in time to be able to apply the appropriate penalty for jump starts.
"As no further information or complaints were received before the publication of the official result on Sunday night, the classification of the Belgian Grand Prix will now remain unchanged.
"The FIA are investigating the causes of the apparent failures in communication with race control in order to ensure a repetition is not possible."
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