Lewis, Button and Webber under investigation

Sunday 22nd May 2011

Lewis, Button and Webber under investigation

Lewis, Button and Webber under investigation

Three of Spain's top four finishers could face penalties for the stewards for not slowing under yellows.

On lap 50 of the 66-lap Spanish Grand Prix, Heikki Kovalainen crashed his Team Lotus car into the tyre barriers.

As the Finn's car came to a halt in the barriers and before the yellow flags were waved, race leader - and eventual race winner - Sebastian Vettel made his way past the wreckage.

Seconds later the yellow flags came out and this was when Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Mark Webber all drove by the accident.

Post-race it emerged that the trio, who finished second, third and fourth respectively, may not have slowed down for the yellow flags.

They are all under investigation as is Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari

Should they be penalised it would mean 20-seconds and given Hamilton, Button and Webber's advantage over fifth-placed Fernando Alonso, it would mean the results are unchanged. Alguersuari did not finish in the points.

More to come...

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