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Why Raikkonen's ridiculous penalty could cost Alfa Romeo millions

Ewan Gale Wednesday 21 April 2021 12:20 Kimi Raikkonen was stripped of his first points of the season after he was hit by an egregious 30-second penalty for a safety car infringement at Imola and the implications for Alfa Romeo could be huge. The Finn was given the hefty penalty for failing to regain his position behind the safety car after spinning and instead remaining at the back of the field. Article continues under video As the stewards correctly suggested in the incident report, the penalty was applied consistently with similar situations and the stop-go penalty, converted to 30-seconds as it was assessed post-race, was a mandatory sanction. But with the rule perhaps coming across as...
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