Fernando Alonso

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso insists the decision to strip him of what would have been his 100th career podium “doesn't hurt much”, but admits the FIA had ...

“I was on the podium, I did the pictures, I took the trophy, I celebrate with champagne and yeah, now I have apparently three points less. “They told me just five seconds in the first 15, and I opened seven or eight [seconds]. Then in the second [penalty], there was no information at all. They had enough time to inform of the penalty. was incorrect and therefore the basis of the stewards decision was wrong,” the appeal statement said. You cannot apply [the penalty] 35 laps after the pit stop.

Fernando Alonso hit out at the FIA after a post-race 10-second time penalty temporarily demoted him from third to fourth at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, ...

Alonso was extremely critical of the sport's governing body, telling Sky Sports F1 after the race: "I was on the podium, I did pictures, I took the trophy, I celebrated and now I have apparently three points less. "Today, we didn't put on a good show for our fans. They had enough time to inform about the penalty. No advantage came from it." You cannot apply a penalty 35 laps after the pit stop. [Stream the biggest moments on NOW](https://www.nowtv.com/promo/sky-sports?dcmp=articlelink)

Despite finishing in P3 in Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at Jeddah Corniche Circuit — and partaking in the podium celebration along with Sergio Pérez and ...

And as Alonso himself stated after the Grand Prix, “[w]hen you have 35 laps to apply the penalty and you wait until after the podium, there is something wrong in the system.” “In the circumstances, we considered that our original decision to impose a penalty on Car 14 needed to be reversed and we did so accordingly.” This was likely the correct result, but the bigger question might be this: Why did it take so long for Alonso and Aston Martin to be told this was even a possibility? While the team believed they were “in the clear,” they wanted to be as safe as possible. The race went on, and Alonso maintained his spot in third place behind the Red Bull duo. When a safety car came out after his teammate Lance Stroll suffered a failure, Alonso served that five-second penalty during his pit stop.

Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third position at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to cap a farcical couple of hours which followed the podium ceremony.

"This topic will therefore be addressed at the next Sporting Advisory Committee taking place on Thursday, 23 March, and a clarification will be issued ahead of the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. An FIA statement said: "The request to the Stewards for review of the initial decision (Document 51) was made in the last lap of the race. The subsequent decision of the stewards to hear and grant the Right of Review by the Competitor was the result of new evidence regarding the definition of 'working on the car', for which there were conflicting precedents, and this has been exposed by this specific circumstance.

Oscar Piastri suffered more dramas as Fernando Alonso was robbed of his 100th podium finish. Read more here.

Oscar Piastri suffered more dramas as Fernando Alonso was initially robbed of his 100th podium finish. Read more here.

Fernando Alonso won the 100th podium of his Formula One career at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday, but the result was only confirmed hours after the ...

The result leaves Alonso third in the driver standings on 30 points behind Verstappen and Perez. “I am happy in the end with the result tonight and our second podium,” said Alonso. [said](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.fia-to-issue-rule-clarification-ahead-of-australian-grand-prix-after-alonso.5FUrjmGaw3vY9vQ3tX3zmP.html) that a request to review the 10-second penalty was made in the final lap of the race and that the definition of “working on the car” will be clarified ahead of the Australian Grand Prix next month. “I was on the podium, I did pictures, I took the trophy, I celebrated with champagne and now I have apparently three points less – I don’t have 15, I have 12,” Alonso [Fernando Alonso](http://www.cnn.com/2023/03/02/motorsport/fernando-alonso-formula-one-aston-martin-spt-intl/index.html) won the 100th podium of his Formula One career at the [Saudi Arabian Grand Prix](http://www.cnn.com/2023/03/19/motorsport/sergio-perez-saudi-arabia-grand-prix-spt-intl/index.html) on Sunday, but the result was only confirmed hours after the end of the race when officials reversed a 10-second penalty. That meant the penalty had not been served correctly and Alonso was given a further 10-second sanction, promoting Mercedes driver George Russell to third place at the end of the race.

F1's governing body, the FIA, has confirmed that the circumstances surrounding Fernando Alonso losing his podium finish at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, ...

“This open approach to the review and improvement of its processes is part of the FIA’s ongoing mission to regulate the sport in a fair and transparent way.” [READ MORE: Russell calls Jeddah drive ‘one of my strongest weekends in F1’ despite losing P3 to Alonso](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.russell-calls-alonso-penalty-harsh-as-he-inherits-p3-in-jeddah-after-one-of.7aNJUyy78dD1KiaBrVVQvx.html) “The subsequent decision of the stewards to hear and grant the Right of Review by the Competitor was the result of new evidence regarding the definition of ‘working on the car’, for which there were conflicting precedents, and this has been exposed by this specific circumstance. “The request to the Stewards for review of the initial decision (Document 51) was made in the last lap of the race,” began the spokesperson’s message. [READ MORE: ‘I am happy in the end with the result’ – Alonso relieved after 100th career podium reinstated in Jeddah](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-alonso-loses-p3-and-100th-f1-podium-after-receiving-10s-penalty-in.4QbFJtlN8sUWqQXt4jJmmR.html) [READ MORE: Perez fends off Verstappen to win action-packed Saudi Arabian GP as Alonso takes 100th podium](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.perez-fends-off-verstappen-to-win-action-packed-saudi-arabian-gp-as-alonso.329xV14gKVrf1iU6dOkISI.html)

Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third position at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to cap a farcical couple of hours which followed the podium ceremony.

"This topic will therefore be addressed at the next Sporting Advisory Committee taking place on Thursday, 23 March, and a clarification will be issued ahead of the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. An FIA statement said: "The request to the Stewards for review of the initial decision (Document 51) was made in the last lap of the race. The subsequent decision of the stewards to hear and grant the Right of Review by the Competitor was the result of new evidence regarding the definition of 'working on the car', for which there were conflicting precedents, and this has been exposed by this specific circumstance.