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Alex Kalinauckas

FIA clamps down on F1 team pitwall fence celebrations

The move effectively brings the end to a long-standing tradition of team staff waving their successful cars home at the end of races, and will come into force from this weekend’s 2023 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park.

It follows a situation last time out in Jeddah where team personnel from Red Bull and Aston Martin were spotted climbing to the top of the lattice metal debris fencing that lines the Saudi Arabian street track, and is in place at most venues F1 visits, as they respectively celebrated Sergio Perez, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso securing the podium positions.

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