After their meeting with the World Motor Sport Council, the McLaren team have recieved a suspended 3 race ban in return for their behaviour in the "Liar-Gate" scandal from the opening grand prix of the season at Australia.
For those of you that dont know, the "Liar-Gate" affair stems from the final safety car period of the Australian Grand Prix. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was running in 3rd place ahead of the Toyota of Jarno Trulli. Under the teams orders, Hamilton pulled to the edge of the track and began to slow down, this let Trulli gain 3rd place. The Toyota team then got a penalty for overtaking under the safety car, McLaren didn't let the FIA know of the fact they let them past, and therefore withheld information allowing another team to lose points.
Once this was found out, Hamilton was disqualified from the race and Trulli was allowed to retain his 3rd place. The "suspended" 3 race ban means that they are allowed to continue to race unless more information relating to the incident is found, or if they infringe on the rules again during the season.
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