Aston Martin have lodged a petition for the FIA to review the penalty given to Fernando Alonso for causing a collision with Carlos Sainz during the Chinese Grand Prix Sprint.
Alonso was attempting to hold off Ferrari’s Sainz for third in the shortened race when the pair collided in an incident at Turn 9.
Sainz sustained damage and dropped back from the third place he had just taken to finish fifth, while a puncture to Alonso’s Aston Martin led to his retirement.
After reviewing the incident and interviewing both drivers after the event, the stewards gave Alonso a 10-second penalty – which was meaningless given his retirement – and three penalty points to his licence.
The penalty points were significant given Alonso picked up three for his part in an incident with George Russell at the Australian Grand Prix in March and is therefore already halfway to the 12-point limit for a year-long period, the breaching of which leads to a one-race ban.
