Two five-second penalties for Fernando Alonso put him out of the points in Miami, and Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer wants to talk to the FIA about how such “wholly unjust” penalties can be avoided in future.
Alonso’s first transgression came when he caused a collision with Pierre Gasly while making a lunge to try and pass him at Turn 1 on Sunday, for which the two-time World Champion admitted culpability, but Alpine’s main gripe comes with his second penalty awarded after the race.
Alonso cut the chicane at Turns 14 and 15 while trying to race away from Alex Albon behind and put a five-second gap between the two on the road.
Team principal Szafnauer argued that his driver lifted off the accelerator twice on the back straight to try and wipe out any advantage gained from such a move, but the stewards took an opposing view and gave him a further five-second time addition.
This ended up bumping Albon up to P9 on the day, with Lance Stroll ending with the final points-paying position, and Alonso dropped to 11th.
As a result, the Alpine boss wants to see the sport’s officials to find out what’s able to happen to ensure everyone knows what to do in future.
Started P20
Finished P8#MiamiGP pic.twitter.com/0lxfDS6lww
— BWT Alpine F1 Team (@AlpineF1Team) May 11, 2022
“We need to speak with the FIA at the next grand prix,” Szafnauer said, as per Motorsport.com. “We need clarity on this. We need a way to say: ‘look, you’ve got to give more time back.’
“If you leave the track and gain an advantage, meaning you pass somebody that was ahead of you, then it’s easy to determine: you’ve got to give the position back.
“But in this type of situation, where everybody’s behind you, how can you tell? So you need that feedback. And I think it was wholly unjust to penalise him after.
“Those guys were behind them, and they ended up behind them. So what are you penalizing him for? Because he was marginally ahead.
“If he is marginally…
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