Fernando Alonso seemed to ensure a double points finish for the Alpine team with his ninth place in the Miami Grand Prix, but some two hours into the race he still ended up outside the points. The stewards have in fact imposed a five-second time penalty on him. The two-time world champion is said to have left the track at Turn 14 and took lasting advantage of it. Alexander Albon moves up to P9 and Lance Stroll ends up in tenth place. The Aston Martin driver in particular was lucky. He finished 4.9 seconds behind Alonso, just enough so. Incidentally, Alonso also receives a penalty point on his license. Fun fact is that Albon has now scored more points than Alonso in 2022: 3 to 2. Read more...
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