The Aston Martin driver has been penalized a second time for failing to comply with an initial penalty imposed on him when, while serving a five-second penalty in his team’s garage, a mechanic set up a tail lift that was in contact with his car, despite the laws stating that it might not be “worked on”. car while serving a penalty.
Alonso (41 years old) got the first penalty following his illegal position at the starting line of the second round of the world championship.
The Aston Martin team submitted documents showing that some teams did the same thing in the past without being penalized, knowing that the FIA referees committee, which imposed a 10-second time penalty on him, eventually ruled in favor of the Spanish matador and returned him to third place behind the Red drivers. Mexican Paul Sergio Pires, winner and runner-up, twice world champion Dutchman Max Verstappen.
“The matter will be taken up at the next meeting of the Sports Advisory Committee, scheduled for Thursday, March 23,” a spokesman for the FIA, which oversees Formula One, said, adding that clarification would be published before the Australian Grand Prix, scheduled for April 2. next.
In Jeddah, the FIA stressed that the arbitration committee allowed Aston Martin to appeal following presenting “new evidence relating to the definition of (the expression) ‘working on a car’ which had contradictory precedents”.
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