Fernando Alonso lost his hard-fought Saudi Arabian Grand Prix podium after the stewards hit the Aston Martin charger with a post-race 10-second penalty. Alonso was handed a 5-second sanction for lining up incorrectly on his grid box at the start of the race – a plight that befell Esteban Ocon in Bahrain. And like his former Alpine teammate at Sakhir, the Spaniard was investigated again by the stewards for serving his penalty incorrectly. The stewards concluded that one of Alonso's mechanics had made contact with Aston Martin's car before the 5-second penalty had been fully served. The decision and the subsequent sanction - a 10-second post-race penalty - was communicated just minutes...
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