“Hopefully there'll be better racing because of it.” 💬 The FIA's decision to take a less hardline stance on black-and-orange flags has 'drawn a line in the sand', according to Alpine's Alan Permane ⬇️
Alonso initially lost his seventh-place finish in the United States Grand Prix after Haas successfully lodged a protest claiming his car was unsafe due to a missing rear view mirror, caused by the crash with Lance Stroll.
Haas initially lodged the protest in a bid for consistency, having been forced to pit three times this season due to a loose front wing endplate that it claimed was still safe. “I don't think anyone, maybe apart from Haas, felt that having a mirror knocked off in an accident that wasn't your fault. And then that drive Fernando did, he should have kept that seventh place.
This came after FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem requested a review into the use of the black and orange flag in the wake of the Alonso incident and the subsequent protests.
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