Alonso's dreams of glory del Saturday they stopped in the race when its Alpine he started trudging. Slipped in positions, the Asturian finished the race behind his teammate, Esteban Ocon. A mix made of wrong choices, problems and bad luck. Culminated in decision of the commissioners arrived at the end of the race: a penalty of 5 seconds for the Spanish rider e a point on the licence.
The verdict
The decision comes after having ascertained that Alonso, in an attempt to defend himself against the attacks of Bottas on the penultimate lap, he changed direction several times, breaking the regulation which prohibits this type of wave moves. Alonso would therefore have violated Article 2 b) of Chapter IV Appendix L of the International Sporting Code of the FIA, facing the inevitable penalty.
Il verdict of the stewards, arrived after viewing the video footage of the accident, recites. “Between turns 10 and 12, on the penultimate lap of the race, car 14 made repeated changes of direction to defend itself from car 77, which at one point had to slow down and briefly lost momentum. While acknowledging the driver's observation that at no time did car 77 flank car 14, the Stewards believe that this is a clear violation of the aforementioned regulation. The Stewards of the Event therefore impose a five-second time penalty in line with that imposed for a similar incident in Australia 2022".
How does the final ranking change?
Except for the penalty Fernando Alonso, slip into ninth position. So they go up Valtteri Bottas, which takes back what Fernando had stolen from him in this fight in the final, and Guanyu Zhou, 8th, for the second time in the points in this championship, after the first point won in Bahrain.
