Alpine still upset about second Alonso penalty

Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi remains aggrieved about the second of two time penalties Fernando Alonso received that cost him points at the Miami Grand Prix.

Alonso had an eventful race in the Miami International Autodrome’s debut, starting superbly with a four-place gain off the grid including the scalp of Lewis Hamilton with whom he banged wheels.

But the Spaniard’s afternoon fell apart towards the end, firstly when he incurred a five-second time penalty for colliding with Pierre Gasly whom he was trying to overtake – an incident for which the Spaniard apologised.

He was still on course to finish in the points, along with his team-mate Esteban Ocon who had come through from the very back of the grid to eighth having been forced to miss qualifying following a heavy crash in FP3 that badly damaged his car – due to hitting a concrete barrier rather than Tecpro.

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However, after crossing the line in P9, Alonso was demoted to 11th due to another five-second penalty, that time for going off track and gaining an advantage.

The specifics were that the 40-year-old had cut across the Turn 14 chicane, giving him a bigger gap over Mick Schumacher which meant the Haas driver missed out on DRS that time around.

In his summary of the Miami weekend on Twitter, Rossi felt Alpine had been denied the opportunity to launch a proper defence of Alonso’s action which they felt