Sanction to Stroll for accident with Alonso

Fernando Alonso I was shocked after the race. He was sitting on top of the right front wheel, completely exhausted, after an epic comeback that surprised everyone. He made sure that in the last 20 laps of United States F1 GP The whole time he was thinking about the dangerous accident he had in the middle of the straight, at high speed, and he was thankful for being well, more than he was able to continue completing what he considered “the best race of the year”. He said he felt “scared” because his car went up and hit the side barrier. Hitting the ground, he quickly radioed that he was fine and made it clear take a walk he moved too late. The same was considered by the FIA ​​stewards, who declared Lance guilty of an incident for which he was given a 3-place penalty later Mexican F1 GPin addition to 2 points on his driver’s license.

“It became clear to us that the driver of car 18 (Stroll) made a late move in reaction to the overtaking attempt by the driver of car 14 (Alonso) who moved to the left. The stewards determine that the driver of car 18 are the main culprits,” the FIA ​​document said.

It happened on lap 22. Alonso was moving up positions very quickly. He just passed Gasly and went for a stroll. He stuck to the side of the Canadian’s car and swerved to the left to complete the overtake at full throttle. Alonso already had the nose of the car at wheel height behind Stroll, when the Canadian turned left, towards where Fernando was, in an all-out attempt to overtake the Spaniard. The result, a very bad accident that could be serious.

Stroll: “It’s a shame”

“It’s a shame. We had a great race. I left him a lot of room on the left. I’ll arrive with a big difference in speed, I look at where I am and I move based on where I think is behind me,” said said Stroll in his share of televsions.

With this penalty, Stroll accrues a total of five penalty points on his excess license over the past 12 months and is 7 shy of an automatic one-race ban.