The Emirati Mohammed Ben Sulayem would have intervened to overturn a penalty against the Spaniard in the Saudi Formula 1 GP in 2023, according to BBC Sport.
Mohammed Ben Sulayempresident of the International Automobile Federation (FIA)is investigated for alleged interference in the outcome of a race Formula 1 of 2023. As revealed BBC Sportthe Emirati leader supposedly intervened to annul a penalty imposed on the Spaniard Fernando Alonso in it Saudi Arabia GP in 2023.
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The statement appears in a report from a compliance officer of the FIA addressed to its ethics committee, which was accessed by the British news network. Fernando Alonso received a rigorous initial five-second penalty for placing his car partially outside its starting box on the race grid.
Alonso, benefited by interference
Fernando Alonso He had to serve the penalty at the first pit stop: before touching the car, his mechanics had to wait five seconds before changing wheels, but one of the mechanics seemed to lightly touch the rear of the car with the jack before he five seconds elapsed and the two-time Spanish champion of Formula 1 received a 10-second penalty because it was considered that Aston Martin he had broken the rules by working on his car.
Fernando Alonso He crossed the finish line third before a 10-second penalty was imposed that relegated him to fourth place. However, the stewards later overturned the sanction, returning the driver to Aston Martin to third final position.
According to the information of the BBCpresumably Ben Sulayem He called the Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifavice president of sports FIA for the Middle East and North Africa region, who was in Saudi Arabia for the race in an official capacity, and made it clear that he thought the sanction to Fernando Alonso should be revoked. The ethics committee is expected to take four to six weeks to issue its report.
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