Biggest fines in F1

The following is a list of some of the biggest fines in motorsport history after F1's governing body hit Turkish Grand Prix organisers with a $5 million sanction on Tuesday.

$5m - Turkish Grand Prix organisers fined for controversial podium ceremony in August 2006 that had Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat handing out the winners' trophy after the race in Istanbul.

$1m - Ferrari, Michael Schumacher and team mate Rubens Barrichello were fined for a breach of podium procedures after the infamous 2002 Austrian Grand Prix that saw Barrichello ordered to move over for Schumacher at the end after leading the entire race. Half the fine was suspended for a year, payable only if they reoffended within the 12 months.

$1m - Hungarian Grand Prix organisers fined after a track invasion at the 1998 race won by Ferrari's Michael Schumacher. Seventy five percent of the fine was suspended, payable if there was a similar incident within two years.

$500 000 - Benetton fined after Schumacher ignored a black flag warning at the 1994 British Grand Prix.

$200 000 - Benetton and Williams pay the price after being found guilty of using irregular fuel at the 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix.

$100 000 - McLaren and Benetton each fined by FIA after failing to make computer codes available immediately after the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

$100 000 - Brazilian Grand Prix organisers fined for safety problems during the 2000 GP. Qualifying was interrupted three times after advertising hoardings fell on the track. One hit French driver Jean Alesi's Prost.

$100 000 - Brazilian Ayrton Senna fined for dangerous driving at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix. He later accused FISA president Jean-Marie Balestre of manipulating the championship. McLaren paid the fine.

$50 000 - McLaren fined and lost 10 points in the constructors' championship for a missing seal on an electronic control unit after Finland's Mika Hakkinen won the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix. Hakkinen kept the race win.

$50 000 - McLaren fined for fuel irregularities at 1997 Belgian Grand Prix.

$50 000 - Ferrari fined for vandalism at Portugal's Estoril circuit in 1994 after mechanics helped break down a locked door to leave the track after working on the team's cars.