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Whiting explains Alonso's Suzuka penalty

Fernando Alonso may have been pushed off the track by Lance Stroll but that didn't give him the right to cut the chicane, says F1 race director Charlie Whiting. Alonso was puzzled by his Japanese Grand Prix penalty, saying it shows 'how bad Formula 1 is' given that he was penalised when another driver, Stroll, pushed him off the track. The McLaren driver was hit with a five-second time penalty for cutting the chicane and rejoining the track ahead of Stroll. “It just shows how bad Formula One is,” he said. “In the decisions, in the randomness, in the pure consistency. “You are braking on the outside at the last corner, and one guy didn’t see you and came here...
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