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Fernando Alonso may have celebrated his 100th rostrum appearance in F1 at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but the joy was short-lived, ...

Fernando Alonso may have celebrated his 100th rostrum appearance in F1 at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – but the joy was short-lived, after the stewards handed him a 10-second penalty after the race that dropped him to P4. [stunning launch](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.race-start-alonso-pinches-the-lead-from-pole-sitter-perez-as-the-saudi.Ejca9YDdgebxPEujCuE73.html) from second on the grid to pass pole-sitter and eventual race winner Sergio Perez into Turn 1. Well, let F1 TV presenter Alex Brundle explain all…

Fernando Alonso has hit out at the FIA after a post-race 10-second time penalty demoted him from third to fourth at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

So I cannot really say at the moment where this is going to go," Krack told Sky Sports F1. "I was on the podium, I did pictures, I took the trophy, I celebrated and now I have apparently three points less. "They had enough time to inform about the penalty. OK, let's try and recover in Australia." [Stream the biggest moments on NOW](https://www.nowtv.com/promo/sky-sports?dcmp=articlelink) Even though the incident happened on the 19th lap, Alonso was only handed the penalty after the race and celebrations had been completed, prompting him to call the decision a "poor show" from the FIA.

Fernando Alonso's 100th career podium finish in Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has been reinstated after his Aston Martin squad won a right to review.

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Fernando Alonso criticised Saudi Arabian Grand Prix stewards on Sunday for a 10-second post-race penalty that denied him a 100th career podium in Formula ...

"I am happy in the end with the result tonight and our second podium. They had enough time to really inform about the penalty. If I knew that, maybe I open 11 seconds to the car behind. without being penalised." Today we didn't put on a good show, I think, for our fans. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

The pace of the Aston Martin kept Alonso in a strong position for the rest of the race, coming home third behind a victorious Sergio Perez, as well as a surging ...

“Yeah, but I am,” came the reply from the cockpit of the world champion. “A shame not to take the podium.” “I need to review obviously; I made a mistake,” he said. The regulations state that cars must wait for the duration of the penalty before touching the car if the time penalty is served in a pit stop. “I was on the podium, I did pictures, I took the trophy, I celebrated and now I have apparently three points less - I don’t have 15, I have 12.” It was, however, short-lived, with Alonso handed a 5-second time penalty for lining up outside of his grid box, ending up about half a tyre’s width to the left of his P2 spot.

Lap-by-lap report: Can the field capitalise on a rare qualifying mis-step from Max Verstappen? Find out with John Brewin.

17/50 Leclerc pits and so Verstappen is in fourth but still to pit. Verstappen has the fastest lap now, and Hamilton is the only drover on medium tyres. 19/50 Alonso pits, takes his penalty and stays ahead of Russell for second. 20/50 Stroll pulling up did a solid for his colleague Fernando Alonso in the Aston. 42/50 The action is at the back of the field, at this point. 28/50 Russell is told to let Hamilton in but then tells his team Alonso has a penalty. The gap between Perez and Verstappen is 5.5 seconds or thereabouts. 44/50 Perez has the fastest lap and if he retains that then he will be the championship lead over Verstappen, who is going to fall short of the 16/21 races he had targeted. 26/50 Alex Albon calls in to his Williams team. 33/50 Leclerc is not happy with his car. 38/50 Verstappen is not happy. The last few laps will see him and Verstappen try and land the fastest lap.

Mercedes driver George Russell was left feeling satisfied with the performance he delivered across the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend, though admitted ...

“But clearly, we have made some small steps compared to Bahrain. “To be honest, [it was] not really [expected]. “P4 for me, it’s been probably one of my strongest weekends in F1.

The drama has continued hours on from the Formula One Grand Prix in Jeddah finishing. Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to his third placing, after being.

While the stewards’ decision was made on the basis that the teams had previously agreed that “no part of the car could be touched while a penalty was being served as this would constitute working on the car,” Aston Martin claimed in their appeal that this was incorrect, and that simply touching the car of itself, including with a jack, did not constitute “working” on the car for the purposes of the Sporting Regulations. Teams have a a right of review of sporting decisions, and a clearly agitated Aston Martin submitted a letter to the stewards appealing the decision to give Alonso the additional 10-second penalty. With a similar incident happening to Alpine’s Estaban Ocon in Bahrain in the first race of the season, the precedent had been well established for Alonso to be handed an additional 10-second time penalty, dropping him from P3 to P4. After the race, Alonso tore into the FIA for the length of time it took them to give the second penalty. The pace of the Aston Martin kept Alonso in a strong position for the rest of the race, coming home third behind a victorious Sergio Perez, as well as a surging Max Verstappen who charged from 15th on the grid to second. It was, however, short-lived, with Alonso handed a 5-second time penalty for lining up outside of his grid box, ending up about half a tyre’s width to the left of his P2 spot.

Fernando Alonso's 100th career podium finish in Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has been reinstated after his Aston Martin squad won a right to review.

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Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso has lost his podium in Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after receiving another 10-second penalty after the race. Filip ...

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F1 pundits have questioned whether the British team can take back Fernando's podium.

Formula One needs to apply common sense in handing out penalties for infringements where visibility is a real problem for drivers, according to Mercedes ...

It’s really, really tough so that's why I think in this regard we need to show a little bit more common sense." "I think he (Alonso) was a bit to the left (at the start) ... Perhaps a five-second (penalty) is too much. A spokesman for the governing FIA said in the case of Alonso's second penalty there were conflicting precedents for what constituted "working on the car". "It's good that there is a rule in place, but at the same time, sometimes it's like luck, to be honest, where you position yourself," said the Mexican. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Polesitter Perez lost the lead into the first corner to Fernando Alonso, with Max Verstappen battling back from 15th on the grid after suffering a ...

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In Jeddah at least, Mercedes was the third quickest car in the race behind Red Bull and the Alonso Aston. The car was much improved after Friday with Hamilton's ...

The team did a really great job, everything went perfectly." Sainz led home Leclerc for a six-seven, but with the team still being conservative over the engine it's been about a bad start as is possible. I think if I had the setup George had, I would have been in a better position. But on the restart, whatever race pace they had simply disappeared. "It means a lot. We didn't start the weekend on the right foot, it feels like we didn't start the season on the right foot. A nice move on Sainz brought him fifth - which is where he stayed once Russell got on with it. They had enough time to really inform about the penalty." It's a situation that the team should not have put themselves in. Secondly, apparently incorrectly serving Alonso's penalty is a basic operational mistake. "The setup was a bit off. However the Safety Car allowed a switch to happen with him on the Medium and the others on Hards.