An unusual procedural call by the FIA Formula 1 stewards that saw AlphaTauri miss a stewards hearing in Singapore surprised teams and kickstarted conspiracy theories among fans.
However, Stroll crashed heavily at the end of Q1 and was seeing the FIA medical delegate, so it appears that the stewards decided not to issue a formal summons for him to attend, presumably because they felt that they had enough evidence to review without speaking to the Canadian.Instead, an informal invitation – understood to be delivered by WhatsApp – was sent to Aston Martin for sporting director Andy Stevenson to attend the Sargeant hearing, if he so wished.
In their verdict, the stewards noted"that the team representative of Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team was not present at the time of the hearing but did attend the stewards' room after the hearing had finished". With no formal summons, which teams regard as a compulsory request, AlphaTauri did not go to the hearing.
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