BMW-Sauber driver Kamui Koboyashi has been issued a 5 place grid penalty for tomorrows Hungarian Grand Prix by the Budapest race stewards, after he failed to enter the FIA garage to have his car weighed during qualifying on today. The Japanese went past the red light at the end of Q1 after he failed to make it through to Q2. He now drops from 18th place on the grid down to 23(1 position form last) During practice and Qualifying cars are called in at random to be weighed to ensure that they comply with minimum weight requirements (620kg).
"I obviously went past a red light in the pit lane and missed going to the FIA scales," Kobayashi told reporters following today’s qualifying session at the Hungaroring. “I just didn't see it."
