Bar told put brakes on legal action

Alastair Moffitt

BAR were yesterday banned for the Spanish and Monaco grands prix, as well as being excluded from the San Marino results and handed a six-month suspended ban, after the FIA’s international court of appeal found them guilty of breaking the rules.

Button’s car was found to be underweight when a secondary fuel tank was drained after the Imola race, although BAR insist they never competed illegally.