Saudi Arabian GP: Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso completed a special 100 in his illustrious profession as the Spanish driver joined an elite list in Formula 1 history. Aston Martin and Alonso continued their dream begin on the 2023 season of the motorsport as they secured back-to-back podiums in the primary two races of the season. Alonso, who completed third on the Bahrain opener two weeks in the past, as soon as once more hit the headlines with one other podium in the Saudi Arabian GP on Sunday.
(*100*) this course of, Alonso has completed his 100 podium outcomes in his F1 profession. He is simply the sixth driver in the motorsport’s history to safe a century of top-three finishes in their profession. The 41-year-old Alonso has joined the elite membership of drivers, which incorporates seven-time world champions Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, amongst others.
Drivers with essentially the most F1 podiums:
Lewis Hamilton- 191*
Miichael Schumacher- 155
Sebastian Vettel- 122
Alain Prost- 106
Kimi Raikkonen- 103
Fernando Alonso- 100*
* denotes energetic drivers in F1.
Alonso began the race on the second place, behind Red Bull driver Sergio Perez as reigning world champion Max Verstappen began on fifteenth as a result of a penalty. Alonso led the race for a quick time however in the end crossed the road third, behind race winner Sergio Perez and Verstappen. Alonso was inflicted with two penalties, the primary one being a five-second as a result of his flawed location on the grid at first of the race, and the second being a ten-second penalty as a result of wrongly serving the primary one. He completed third however the ten-second punishment meant he misplaced his podium and secured fourth for a quick time. But the Aston Martin crew despatched a overview request for the latter penalty and Alonso was handed his podium again.
Why was Alonso’s second penalty obtained repealed?
Alonso served his five-second penalty in the pit cease, the place one of many mechanics indulged in a rear jack contact whereas Alonso was nonetheless serving the penalty. It was mentioned {that a} contact to the automotive whereas serving a penalty means engaged on the automotive which might name for additional penalties. Alonso was inflicted with a ten-second punishment after the race and obtained dropped from third to fourth. But his crew requested a overview and FIA launched a doc, asserting the reversing of the choice. “(*100*) assist of the Petition for Review, the Stewards have been proven minutes of the newest SAC assembly and video proof of seven completely different situations the place automobiles have been touched by the jack whereas serving an identical penalty to the one imposed on Car 14 with out being penalized.
“The clear submission by the Team was that the alleged representation of an agreement between the FIA and the teams that touching the car in any way, including with a jack, would constitute ‘working’ on the car for the purposes of Article 54.4 (c) of the Sporting Regulations, was incorrect and therefore the basis of the Stewards’ decision was wrong,” F1 quoted a press release.
“We, therefore, proceeded to hear the substance of the request for review. Having reviewed the new evidence, we concluded that there was no clear agreement, as was suggested to the Stewards previously, that could be relied upon to determine that parties had agreed that a jack touching a car would amount to working on the car. In the circumstances, we considered that our original decision to impose a penalty on Car 14 needed to be reversed and we did so accordingly,” it added.
