Formula 1 teams are supposed to hand back one set of tyres from their allocation after the first 40 minutes of opening practice – although this can be delayed slightly if the session is affected by a red flag.

This delay happened on Friday thanks to Felipe Massa's accident, but Williams was found to have run one of these nominated sets on Lance Stroll's car at 11.09am and 11.21am.

The FIA looked into the matter and, although Williams openly admitted it had made a mistake, the governing body decided that a fine was necessary because of previous offences.

A statement from the race stewards said: "Having considered the facts the Stewards accept that the infringement was inadvertent.

"The Stewards have taken due note of repeated offences concerning tyres by the team and a similar infringement for which a suspended fine was imposed."

Williams had been handed a suspended fine of 10,000 Euro from the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix after a similar offence when Massa ran tyres in a practice session that should have been handed back.