Aston Martin requests right of review for Alonso’s China F1 penalty


Alonso had been given a 10-second time penalty within the dash and three penalty factors on his licence after he collided with Carlos Sainz within the Saturday race.

The Spaniards have been combating over third place after they clashed at Flip 9, which gave the two-time world champion a puncture and led to his retirement from the race. Sergio Perez took benefit of the incident to attain a top-three end.

The stewards determined to take motion towards Alonso “as per the rules on driving requirements”, however the Aston Martin driver was not satisfied he was at fault.

“Flip 7, I feel we have been evenly matched, then in flip 8 I attempted to go to the surface,” he stated after the dash. “However he opened the road to not depart me room, so in flip 9 I did the identical factor he did in flip 8.

“I attempted to go to the within to not depart him room on the road, however in flip 8 I opened up so we did not contact, and in flip 9 he did not open up. So we touched.”

The staff will now want to offer contemporary proof to the stewards for them to think about amending their ruling. A primary listening to might be held on 3 Might with Aston Martin’s and Ferrari’s staff managers to find out whether or not the proof put ahead by the British outfit does warrant the stewards’ consideration.

“It must be famous that this listening to might be held in two elements,” the stewards wrote of their assertion. “The primary half might be to listen to proof as as to whether there’s a ‘important and related new ingredient which was unavailable to the get together looking for the Overview on the time of the choice involved.’

“Ought to the Stewards decide, in accordance with Article 14.3 of the FIA Worldwide Sporting Code, that such a component exists, a second a part of the listening to might be convened at a time to be suggested. Some other ‘involved get together’ might search the permission of the Stewards to be current for the second a part of the listening to, ought to one be convened.”

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