The scandal came to light when Piquet Jr. himself blew the whistle on the team's actions in exchange for immunity.
Ferrari accused McLaren of stealing its intellectual property and demanded that the team be excluded from the championship.
There could be a similar situation brewing over at Red Bull, especially after Perez won the Saudi Arabian GP on Sunday and coming within just a point of Verstappen.
The Spaniard has now scored consecutive podium finishes in the opening two races of the 2023 Formula One season.
The Spaniard was defiant, though, and claimed that if he had known about the fine, he would have pulled ahead of the car in back by 11 seconds.
Alonso was unhappy with the FIA's decision, stating that the stewards had a lot of time to inform his team of the decision instead of waiting till the end of the race.
If the prancing horse believed they would have positive start to life under Frederic Vasseur, they have certainly gone back to the drawing board after the Bahrain GP.
A team may consist of any five drivers and any two teams, but each will have a $100 million budget.
It was definitely something that neither Ocon nor his team were expecting in the very first race of the season.
The papayas never seemed competitive at any point in the race and this will be a huge concern for Zak Brown.