Haas has been handed a fine by the Monza stewards for Kevin Magnussen impeding Ferrari's Carlos Sainz during FP1 for the Italian Grand Prix.
The Danish driver was travelling slowly on the racing line at the exit of the second Lesmo corner when the Spaniard approached at full speed.
The 29-year-old subsequently had to back out of his push lap, which earned the Magnussen and Haas a visit to see the FIA stewards at Monza for a potential breach of Article 37.5 of the F1 sporting regulations.
The stewards deemed the 31-year-old guilty, awarding his team a punishment of €7,500. The fine incurred is half the usual amount, as the stewards stated the situation was "not potentially dangerous."
According to the decision document, Haas did not adequately make Magnussen aware of the fast-approaching Sainz.
"The team radio of Car 20 revealed that no warning of the approach of Car 55 was given until the very moment that Car 55 was immediately behind it."
The full decision reason can be found below.
Full stewards decision reason
The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 20 (Kevin Magnussen), the driver of Car 55 (Carlos Sainz), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, telemetry, team radio and in-car video evidence.
The team radio of Car 20 revealed that no warning of the approach of Car 55 was given until the very moment that Car 55 was immediately behind it. The driver of Car 20 explained that he checked his mirrors and because of the track layout at that point, Car 55 was not visible. Further, between Turns 6 and 7 there was one other car driving slowly between Cars 20 and 55, off the racing line.
The driver of Car 55 stated in evidence that the situation was not dangerous.
It was obvious from the GPS data, available to the Team, that Car 55 was rapidly approaching and overtaking cars behind Car 20 and therefore adequate prior warning should have been given to the driver of Car 20.
Normally, in accordance with our Penalty Guidelines, a formal warning would be issued to the driver of Car 20 however in this case we consider that because the track layout at this point did not facilitate visibility of Car 55’s approach, such a warning is undeserved.
Impeding incidents in Free Practice are normally not investigated unless they are potentially dangerous or involve an error by the Team. In this case, although the Team made an error, the situation was not potentially dangerous and hence the penalty on the Team is reduced to half that of the previous two precedents this year.
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