Mercedes boss Toto Wolff
says that a simple stopwatch failure was the reason why Nico Rosberg's
five-second pit penalty in Hockenheim dragged out to over eight seconds.
Rosberg was handed a five-second time penalty for forcing Max Verstappen off the track when battling for third position.
It has always been the responsibility of the team, and not the FIA, to monitor pit time penalties, and it is usually done by the team manager with a standard handheld stopwatch.
It has always been the responsibility of the team, and not the FIA, to monitor pit time penalties, and it is usually done by the team manager with a standard handheld stopwatch.