The FIA stewards' have handed Haas a €7,500 fine following an incident in free practice involving its driver Esteban Ocon, and McLaren's Lando Norris.
In the only practice session ahead of this weekend's Miami Grand Prix, a fast-moving Norris was forced into taking avoiding action at Turn 17 as a result of a slow-moving Ocon directly ahead.
An accident was avoided, with Ocon having received a warning for his part in the incident. However, the blame was put on Haas, for not "warning" its driver of Norris.
The stewards' report read: "The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 31 (Esteban Ocon), the driver of Car 4 (Lando Norris), team representatives and reviewed video, team radio and in-car video evidence. The driver of Car 31 stated that he had not received adequate warning of the approach of Car 4.
"He was being given technical instructions via team radio while making way for another car before being warned about Car 4 approaching just moments before the incident. The team representative confirmed that the team failed to warn the driver in time.
"The Stewards determine that the responsibility for the incident lies mainly with the team as they failed to inform their driver about the incoming car. Therefore a financial penalty is imposed on the team based on previous cases.
"However, notwithstanding the very late warning and the high speed differential between both cars, the driver of Car 31 contributed to the situation by moving off line extremely late instead of staying on the racing line as the impeding had already happened and the late move increased the potential of a dangerous crash. Therefore a Warning to the driver is issued."
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