.alo_oficial believes F1 will have a 'huge problem' if his Austin penalty is upheld at a hearing later today ahead of the MexicoGP. Full story ⬇️
then lodged a protest against the circumstances that led to an investigation into Alonso’s result and penalty, because Haas submitted its protest 24 minutes after the cut-off time for such action and because FIA race control officials never showed Alonso the black-and-orange flag indicating they felt his car was unsafe.
If Alpine’s protest is deemed as admissible, which Alonso feels confident enough in to state he is now “optimistic that we will keep seventh place”, a separate hearing will then be arranged so Alpine’s protest can be heard.
“Which is nice, because whatever decision you take you cannot appeal – I would love to have that when driving! “They thought the car was safe to keep driving. The car went to parc ferme, passed all the scrutineering, green light on parc ferme, and then the protest arrived too late.“And if this is the right decision to take, it will open a huge problem for the future in Formula 1.