In the round-up: Alfa Romeo expected Lance Stroll would be penalised for running Valtteri Bottas wide in the Australian Grand Prix
In brief
Alfa Romeo expected Stroll would be penalised for running Bottas wideAlfa Romeo expected that Lance Stroll would receive a time penalty after Valtteri Bottas appeared to be pushed off track while attempting to pass the Aston Martin late in the Australian Grand Prix.
The pair were fighting over ninth place after the Virtual Safety Car for Max Verstappen’s retirement, when Stroll defended from the Alfa Romeo who was attempting to pass around the outside of turn three, running onto the grass and losing a place to Pierre Gasly. The stewards noted the incident but did not investigate it.
Alfa Romeo’s head of trackside engineering, Xevi Pujolar, said the team felt the move was worth of a time penalty.
“We were expecting him to get a penalty, because it was not very nice what Stroll did,” Pujolar said. “But the decision was no penalty. It was not…