Fernando Alonso

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EXPLAINED: Why did Fernando Alonso get a penalty – and lose his ... (Formula 1 RSS UK)

Fernando Alonso may have celebrated his 100th rostrum appearance in F1 at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but the joy was short-lived, ...

Fernando Alonso may have celebrated his 100th rostrum appearance in F1 at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but the joy was short-lived, after the stewards handed him a 10-second penalty after the race that dropped him to P4. [stunning launch](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.race-start-alonso-pinches-the-lead-from-pole-sitter-perez-as-the-saudi.Ejca9YDdgebxPEujCuE73.html) from second on the grid to pass pole-sitter and eventual race winner Sergio Perez into Turn 1. Well, let F1 TV presenter Alex Brundle explain all…

F1 world erupts over total podium farce (NEWS.com.au)

Fernando Alonso's joy has turned to heartbreak in an instant in Jeddah on Monday morning (AEDT) after being stripped of his 100th podium finish for failing ...

While the stewards’ decision was made on the basis that the teams had previously agreed that “no part of the car could be touched while a penalty was being served as this would constitute working on the car,” Aston Martin claimed in their appeal that this was incorrect, and that simply touching the car of itself, including with a jack, did not constitute “working” on the car for the purposes of the Sporting Regulations. Teams have a a right of review of sporting decisions, and a clearly agitated Aston Martin submitted a letter to the stewards appealing the decision to give Alonso the additional 10-second penalty. With a similar incident happening to Alpine’s Estaban Ocon in Bahrain in the first race of the season, the precedent had been well established for Alonso to be handed an additional 10-second time penalty, dropping him from P3 to P4. The pace of the Aston Martin kept Alonso in a strong position for the rest of the race, coming home third behind a victorious Sergio Perez, as well as a surging Max Verstappen who charged from 15th on the grid to second. It was, however, short-lived, with Alonso handed a 5-second time penalty for lining up outside of his grid box, ending up about half a tyre’s width to the left of his P2 spot. The F1 world is in a frenzy after Fernando Alonso had his milestone 100th podium stripped from him, only to have it returned to him on appeal.

'No one told me': Legend fumes as F1 reacts to podium farce (Fox Sports)

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 hits out at 'poor show' from FIA amid time-penalty ... (Sky Sports)

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)

Fernando Alonso reinstated to third after bizarre penalty situation at ... (SB Nation)

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 reinstated to third after farcical FIA penalty and ... (ESPN Australia)

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's first-lap disaster as Fernando Alonso dudded in F1 ... (Yahoo Sport Australia)

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

Oscar Piastri's disaster as Fernando Alonso reinstated after F1 ... (Yahoo Sport Australia)

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

Fernando Alonso wins 100th career podium after delayed penalty ... (CNN)

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.

FIA to issue rule clarification ahead of 2023 Australian Grand Prix ... (Formula 1 RSS UK)

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 reinstated to third after farcical FIA penalty and ... (ESPN.co.uk)

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.

How Fernando Alonso escaped FIA penalty and regained his Saudi ... (ESPN Australia)

Fernando Alonso's 100th F1 career podium will be remembered for the bizarre sequence of events which followed it. Here's how it all unfolded and why there ...

Aston Martin was granted its right to review after sending both the minutes of the SAC meeting and video evidence of seven different instances where a jack had touched a car during a penalty similar to the one Alonso served during the race which were not penalised. It was hoped this had cleared the matter up, but based on its own interpretation of what was actually written in the rules and backed up by previous examples of time penalties being served at pit stops, Aston Martin did not believe that a jack touching the car constituted work taking place. It was only on the final lap that race control had shared a new report with the stewards stating that ROC now did not think the penalty had been properly observed and requesting a full stewards' investigation. Alonso served his penalty at his pit stop on lap 18, during a safety car period triggered by the retirement of his teammate Lance Stroll. F1's sporting regulations dictate that five-second time penalties must be served at the driver's next pit stop, with the clock starting once the car has become stationary and mechanics waiting five seconds before starting work on the car. A yellow line is painted to the right-hand side of the white grid markings to give drivers a visual reference of how far forward they are in their slot, but lining up between the lines relies entirely on the driver's approach to their position.

FIA to review rules after confusion over Fernando Alonso's finish in ... (The Guardian)

The race at Jeddah was won by Red Bull's Sergio Pérez ahead of his teammate Max Verstappen but Alonso delivered another superb drive to seal third for Aston ...

The FIA admitted the events had exposed an ambiguity in the rules that had to be addressed. A clarification will then be issued before the Australian Grand Prix which is held in Melbourne in two weeks. They awarded a 10-second penalty long after Alonso had already celebrated on the podium, dropping him from third to fourth.

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