Fuel irregularity costs Buemi qualifying
Sunday 24th July 2011
Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi has been excluded from qualifying for the German Grand Prix after the discovery of a fuel irregularity.
Buemi had qualified 16th at the Nurburgring, but with his times now scrubbed the Swiss driver will start either at the back of the grid or the pit lane.
Toro Rosso accepted the punishment handed out to Buemi, but believe there were extenuating circumstances given issues encountered earlier this weekend.
A Toro Rosso statement read: "During Friday's FP1 (first practice), Buemi's car had a fuel pressure problem which then got worse at the start of FP2 which is why he did not do a timed lap in that session.
"After FP2 the entire fuel system on his car was changed. When the fuel sample was taken from his car after qualifying, it did not match the one provided to the FIA prior to the start of the season.
"The team believes that some part of the new fuel system contained a chemical that contaminated the fuel and caused the non-conformity."
Credit: ESPN STAR (www.espnstar.com)
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