Fernando Alonso is relegated to eighth in the Australian Grand Prix, after a 10-second penalty was handed to him post race for dangerous driving that caused George Russell to crash out.
Fernando Alonso has been demoted from sixth to eighth in the Australian Grand Prix after recieving a10-second penalty from the stewards post race.
The race finished under a virtual safety car after Russell went into the barriers at turn 6, while chasing Alonso on the penultimate lap.The stewards investigated the incident, in which there was no contact between the cars, to see whether Alonso had slowed down earlier than usual, which resulted in Russell needing to change his driving.
"Telemetry shows that Alonso lifted slightly more than 100m earlier than he ever had going into that corner during the race," the panel said, reported F1.com. "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.
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