United States GP: Fernando Alonso loses points with penalty for unsafe F1 car after Haas protest
The Alpine driver turned in a remarkable drive at COTA to finish seventh despite being sent airborne in a scary collision with Aston Martin’s168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lance Stroll.
But Haas168澳洲5最新开奖结果: launched a post-race protest against Alonso’s car on technical grounds after he was not shown a black-and-orange flag when his right wing mirror came loose when overtaking Haas driver168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Kevin Magnussen in the final stages.
Haas had previously voiced their annoyancꦺe a🌠t Magnussen receiving the flag, which requires a driver to pit as soon as possible for repairs, on three occasions this season - in Canada, Hungary and Singapore.
The FIA stewards said they were “deep♌ly concerned” Alonso had not been shown the black-and-orange flag after being released back out into the rac𝄹e in an unsafe condition when he pitted following his accident with Stroll.
FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer𝄹 noted that “a flapping mirror was dangerous and it could come loose and hit another driver causing injury”.
As such, the stewards handed A🗹lonso a retrospective 30-second time penalty, relegating him from seve💃nth to 15th.
The post-race penalty promotes168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Sebastian Vettel up to seventh, while Magnussen and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda each move up one position to eighth and ninth. Alonso’s Alpine teammate, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon, moves into the points in 10th.
Haas also protested 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s Red Bull on the same grounds after t🌸he Mexican shedded a front wing endp꧋late from his car early in the race.
But tꦉhe stewards dismissed the protest after deeming that Perez’s car was not dangerous.
"Mr Bauer explained that after the end plate had fallen off, Red Bull had contacted hi🗹m and sent him detailed photos of the front wing,” their verdict noted.
"Mr Bauer determined that the car was not in an un𝓀safe ✃condition."
Alpine protest to overturn penalty
Alpine conformed in a statement they in🀅tend to challenge the penalty on the grounds of its admissibility.
The Anglo-French squad pointed out that the stewards had accepted Haas’ protest despite it b🎉eing submitted 24 minutes too l෴ate.
However, this was something the stewards acknowledged. They applied discretionary authority to accept the protests, ▨c𓆏laiming “the compliance with the deadline was not possible in this case.”.
Alpine said: “The FIA has the right to black and orange flag a car during the rac♔e 🎉if they consider it unsafe and, on this occasion, they assessed the car and decided not to action the flag.
“Moreover, after the race, the🍸 FIA technical delega🍰te considered the car legal.
“The ♓te🎐am also believes due to the protest being lodged 24 minutes past the specified deadline, it should not have been accepted and therefore the penalty should be considered as invalid.”
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