During the Sprint Race in Brazil, won by George Russell, really everything happened: overtaking, against overtaking, breathtaking fights. But there was also who has crossed the line committing actions not very cautious.
5 second penalty for Alonso after contact with Ocon
Since the beginning of the year the two pilots of the Alpine if they are given a thrashing giving us spectacular moments. But in most cases, Alonso ed Or with have pulled too tight to the point of forcing the commissioners almost always to penalize them. Also during these 100 km in Brazil, during the first lap of the 24 completed, in Turn 4, the Spaniard joins his teammate on the outside. A move too risky which led to a first contact.
Well, it didn't end there. On the main straight, in fact, Alonso still tries to overtake again, but wrong measurements and destroys the front wing hitting Ocon. Obviously, the two-time world champion, as usual, opens up via radio speaking sarcastically towards the pilot of the other Alpine, saying: “Well done”. Having said that, the marshals send a communication stating that this dispute will be analyzed after the race. In fact, a couple of hours from the end it was made official a penalty for the Valencian rider of 5 seconds, which brought him down to the P18, box from which he will start for the actual race.
Alonso to the microphones: "Luckily this year is over"
After the race, the Basque was interviewed by the media present at the circuit and he replied saying that is happy that this year is finally over, But it is also sorry because he knows that today they missed out on very important points in the fight for fourth place in the constructors: “There was a lot of close quarters fighting, unfortunately. It's not ideal when he's your teammate, but it's been a bit like that with him all year. There's another race and then it's over, finally. I was very close to the wall in Jeddah with him, close to the wall in Budapest, today at turn 4 now here… Sometimes it's very competitive within a team; it happened to him with Sergio Perez, with Verstappen here who got unlocked so… there's another race. “Today I feel bad for the guys,” he added, “but I'll try to have a good race tomorrow”.
Penalties also for Stroll
Fernando isn't the only one to have acted too optimistically, and to the detriment of his teammate. During the Sprint there was another very dangerous manoeuvre Lance stroll against Sebastian Vettel. It is not the first time this has happened, among other things Stroll had recently caused another accident but with Fernando Alonso, ad Austin, with similar dynamics, among other things, to the one with Vettel. Stroll moved sharply as the German was about to pass him, forcing him to hike across grass to avert disaster. The maneuver by the Canadian, who will start 16th in today's race in Brazil, was investigated by the marshals and subsequently punished with a 10-second penalty and 3 points on his licence.
ARTICLE AUTHOR FRANCESCO ORLANDO
