{"id":307609,"date":"2025-11-25T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307609\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:37:10","slug":"alonso-queried-lack-of-penalty-for-lawsons-kamikaze-move-%c2%b7-f1-%c2%b7-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307609\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso queried lack of penalty for Lawson’s “kamikaze” move \u00b7 F1 \u00b7 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fernando Alonso<\/a> said Liam Lawson deserved a penalty after he was held up by the first-corner collision triggered by the Racing Bulls driver.<\/p>\n

Lawson collided with Oscar Piastri<\/a> at the start of Saturday\u2019s race when he ran deep into the first corner. <\/p>\n

Alonso started the race immediately behind Piastri and Lawson. Their collision forced him to slow down which allowed Isack Hadjar<\/a> and Oliver Bearman to pass him.<\/p>\n

\u201cLawson, in turn one, he needs maybe a penalty,\u201d Alonso told his race engineer Andrew Vizard at the end of the lap.<\/p>\n

Having started from his highest grid position in eight races, Alonso was frustrated to immediately lose positions.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnbelievable turn one man,\u201d he added. \u201cOne time we start at the front and there\u2019s a kamikaze in the inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have reported Lawson for that first lap so they are looking at it,\u201d Vizard told his driver. Lawson pitted on lap two to replace the front wing he damaged in the collision. \u201cYeah, but he\u2019s out of the race now, so I mean there is no penalty to serve,\u201d Alonso replied. \u201cCrazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alonso also lost a position to Leclerc on the first lap after the Ferrari driver went off alongside him on the outside of the first corner. \u201cAlso I think I\u2019ve been hit by Leclerc on the outside, but there was a mess, everything,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The stewards took the unusual step of issuing an explanation for a mid-race decision to take no action over an incident between two drivers. They said they took into account the fact the incident occured at turn one on the first lap of the race and said Lawson was trying to avoid cars in front of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cCar 30 [Lawson] made a move to the right and collided with car 81 [Piastri],\u201d they noted. \u201cHowever in mitigation car 30 made the move to avoid colliding with the rear of car 63 [Russell] whose driver locked up to avoid a collision with car 55 [Sainz].\u201d<\/p>\n

However Piastri, who was penalised for his role in a collision at the first corner following a rolling restart at the previous race, also indicated he was unhappy with Lawson\u2019s driving after the race. \u201cI felt like I was one of the only people that actually braked to make the corner and got barged out of the way and that\u2019s [apparently] fine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lawson admitted he was caught out by the lack of grip on the run to the first corner. \u201cIt was extremely slippery into turn one and once I committed to brake, the cars in front started checking up and I didn\u2019t have anywhere to go,\u201d he said in a statement issued by his team.<\/p>\n

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Penalty box<\/p>\n

Should the stewards have issued a penalty? Cast your vote below and have your say in the comments.<\/p>\n

Should the stewards have penalised Piastri or Lawson for their collision?<\/p>\n

\t\tNo opinion (8%)
\n\t\tStrong penalty for Lawson (8%)
\n\t\tLight penalty for Lawson (33%)
\n\t\tNo penalty for either driver (51%)
\n\t\tLight penalty for Piastri (0%)
\n\t\tStrong penalty for Piastri (0%)<\/p>\n

Total Voters: 39<\/p>\n

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