Fernando Alonso says Carlos Sainz's five-second penalty in Melbourne was 'too harsh', even though he was on the receiving end of the hit from the Ferrari driver. FernandoAlonso F1 AusGP
Fernando Alonso has criticised the FIA stewards for their five-second penalty given to Carlos Sainz at the end of the Australian Grand Prix, calling it “too harsh” – despite being on the receiving end of contact from the Ferrari driver.
Alonso was on team radio immediately cursing what had happened to him, calling upon the FIA to restore the field to its grid restart order and citing the example of last year’s British Grand Prix as precedent for doing so.
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