Fernando Alonso has picked up a penalty that has dropped him two places in the final Australian Grand Prix results.
Russell had been chasing down Alonso in a late battle over sixth place when he lost control of his Mercedes at Turn 6 and suffered a huge crash on the final lap of the Melbourne race.
The penalty demotes Alonso two places to eighth in the final results, behind Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll and RB’s Yuki Tsunoda.The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 63 , the driver of Car 14 , team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, telemetry, team radio, in-car video evidence and telemetry supplied by both teams.
Telemetry shows that Alonso lifted slightly more than 100m earlier than he ever had going into that corner during the race. He also braked very slightly at a point that he did not usually brake and he downshifted at a point he never usually downshifted. Specifically, in this case, the stewards have not considered the consequences of the crash. Further, the stewards considered that they do not have sufficient information to determine whether Alonso’s manoeuvre was intended to cause Russell problems, or whether as he stated to the stewards that he simply was trying to get a better exit.Should Alonso be responsible for dirty air, that ultimately caused the incident? – no.
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