Therefore he fell to 11th, despite claims from Alpine that the two-time world champion lifted along the back straight to effectively relinquish the time he gained by cutting the track. Ahead of Sunday’s next race in Spain, the 40-year-old spoke about his punishment in the States and was very blunt in his assessment of the stewards.”They were not very professional, I think, in Miami,” Alonso fumed.
“I missed one corner and then I gave back the time on the lap, but obviously you miss one corner, then there is the sector time just after that corner – so they saw the pink colour [on the timing screen] and they took the decision without asking for any proof. We arrived after the race with all the proof and the time back that we gave, and they were just packing up. They were not even in the room.
“We came there, we showed them all the data, they said give us five minutes and then they found themselves with the hands tied probably because they already issued the penalty and they didn’t know how to get back from that document. It was very bad, and honestly, I mean… yeah, it’s already the past but it’s something that shouldn’t happen in Formula 1, with professionalism and standards Formula 1 has right now.”
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