Fernando Alonso was once passed a five-second penalty via the stewards after being discovered responsible of weaving to carry of Valtteri Bottas at the penultimate lap of Sunday’s race in Montreal
Ultimate Up to date: 19/06/22 11:03pm
Fernando Alonso was once passed a post-race time penalty via the stewards
Fernando Alonso was once demoted two puts following the Canadian Grand Prix after being given a five-second penalty for weaving on course.
The incident involving the two-time global champion at the penultimate lap of the 70-lap was once famous via the stewards after Alonso was once suspected of creating a couple of directional exchange in protecting his place from Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas.
A post-race investigation therefore decided the Alpine motive force, who crossed the road in 7th, to be responsible and Alonso was once punished with a time penalty. That, in flip, dropped him right down to 9th at the back of Bottas and his Alfa Romeo team-mate Zhou Guanyu.
“The Stewards heard from the motive force of auto 14 (Fernando Alonso), the motive force of auto 77 (Valtteri Bottas) and group representatives and tested video proof and telemetry from automobile 77,” a remark from the FIA learn.
“Between turns 10 and 12, at the penultimate lap of the race, automobile 14 made repeated adjustments of course to protect in opposition to automobile 77 who needed to elevate at one level and in brief misplaced momentum.
“While noting the motive force’s level that at no degree was once any level of auto 77 along automobile 14, the Stewards imagine this to be a transparent breach of the above law.
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“The Stewards due to this fact impose a 5 seconds time penalty in keeping with that imposed for the same incident in Australia 2022.”
Alternatively, Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel escaped punishment after being investigated post-race for failing to stay inside 10-car lengths of the protection automobile.
