Attempting to tee up a move on Stroll towards the end of the race at Jeddah into Turn 1, Albon dived down the inside of the Aston Martin driver in a bid to move up to 11th place at the start of the 48th lap.
But Albon, who had not been able to get fully alongside Stroll into the corner, speared into the Canadian driver’s sidepod with his right-front tyre then taken off its rim by Stroll’s car, leaving the Anglo-Thai driver out of the race.
Stroll was hence tapped into a spin at Turn 2, but was able to get back on track and complete the race – albeit last and a lap down on winner Max Verstappen.
As a result, Albon was deemed to be at fault for the incident and as such has been handed the aforementioned three-place penalty on the grid for the next race at Albert Park.
The FIA stewards’ document read: “The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 23 (Alexander Albon), the driver of car 18 (Lance Stroll), team representatives and examined video evidence in relation to the collision.
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