It has been claimed that Fernando Alonso was trying to exploit a "grey area" in his late battle with George Russell.
knew exactly what he was doing with driving that ultimately earned him a penalty at the Australian Grand Prix.
Alonso admitted he had braked too early at Turn 6 before accelerating again. The manoeuvre took Russell, who was running directly behind, by surprise as he lost control of his car and slammed into the barriers. Alonso described his punishment - which dropped him from sixth to eighth in the final results - as “disappointing” and insisted he had been nursing battery problems on his car in the final stages."Then he was in DRS range for five or six laps, so I was just doing qualifying laps to stay ahead.
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