Alpine boss Laurent Rossi says the second of two penalties handed to Fernando Alonso in Miami was "difficult to accept" as the team was deprived of an opportunity to argue its driver's case. Alonso drove a solid race in Florida after qualifying P11, running in the points all afternoon and finishing 8th on the road. However, a messy finale landed the Spaniard in hot water with the stewards who sanctioned the Alpine charger not once but twice. Alonso was initially hit with a five-second penalty for colliding with AlphaTauri's Pierre, an incident for which the two-time world champion apologized, and which demoted him to ninth in the standings. But after the race, it came to light...
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