Fernando Alonso was demoted down the Australian Grand Prix finishing order after George Russell's heavy shunt.
Former Haas team boss Guenther Steiner says that since the stewards saw “games” being played by Fernando Alonso leading up to George Russell’s Australian GP crash, the stern penalty issued was “correct”.
Alonso had been complaining of “battery and deployment” issues while also claiming over team radio after the incident that he could no longer go full throttle, though the stewards decided to issue a drive-through penalty, converted to 20 seconds, plus three Super Licence points, having deemed Alonso’s driving “potentially dangerous”. Steiner does not have any complaints.
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