“I have to say that the stewards were very harsh towards Fernando Alonso need Throw. The weekend in China was clear, but it also happened in the weekend in Australia." Harsh words, direct and aimed at the FIA by Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack at the end of the penalties attributed to Stroll and Alonso during the GP in China. The Spaniard greeted the Shanghai stage with a seventh place. The Canadian did not go further (also given the penalty received in the race) to fifteenth place.
Krack on the topic of penalties: “With Alonso and Stroll we continue to accumulate penalty points”
Let's go in order. The first to be penalized by the Federation was Fernando Alonso, following contact with Carlos Sainz during the race. Sprint. “I tried to ask for explanations – explained Krack – also because of this rate finishing the season will be very difficult (given the penalty points of both drivers ed.)”. From Alonso to Stroll who, during the GP safety car, rear-ended Ricciardo, forcing the Australian to retire. Even in this circumstance, the Canadian was penalized by around 10 seconds. “There was a very quick and severe verdict against Stroll. In Melbourne, however, he had taken penalties when there had been no contact or, even worse, when he was in Bahrain where after a contact with Hulkenberg he was sent into a spin but there was no penalty” concluded the Aston Martin team principal, particularly angry.
