The image of Fernando Alonso taking off after colliding with Lance Stroll’s car will remain among the most significant of the United States Grand Prix held yesterday in Austin. A spectacular and potentially dangerous accident, which fortunately ended without consequences for the drivers.
Everything was analyzed by the race direction, and two hours after the end of the race, the Steering Committee attributed the responsibility for the incident to Stroll, penalizing him by three positions on the starting grid of the Mexican Grand Prix.
During the twenty-second lap the Alpine exited turn 11 and took Stroll’s wake using the DRS. The difference in speed brought Alonso into his opponent’s slipstream, but when he stepped out of the slipstream to join him, Stroll moved in the same direction as well.
Stroll and Alonso accident
The contact was inevitable, and Alonso’s car took off after the collision ending up in the escape route on the left side of the track. Fernando managed to return to the pits, and after replacing the front wing he surprisingly managed to continue his race.
At the end of the race the two drivers were summoned by the Stewards, and after having listened to the respective versions of the incident, and viewed the images of the accident, the penalty for Stroll was taken.
“From the analysis it can be deduced that the driver of the car number 12 (Stroll’s Aston Martin) reacted late to the attempt to overtake Alonso’s car – reads the FIA statement – by moving to the left and triggering contact between the two. single-seater “.
In addition to the three penalty positions he will serve next Sunday in Mexico, Stroll also scored two penalty points on his FIA super license, climbing to five in the last calendar year.
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