Stewards' investigation confirms alonso had served a penalty for lining up outside his grid box at the start. The decision is consistent with the penalty Esteban Ocon got for not serving the penalty correctly during the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton posted a cryptic response on social media following a report that claimed Max Verstappen's championships were worth more than the Brit's. The spaniard, formerly Hamilton's team-mate at McLaren, was quoted in the Dutch newspaper, de Telegraaf. He later posted an image from his 2007 season alongside alonso at a podium with the Spaniard below him.
Aston Martin's Lance Stroll will drop back three places as punishment for his role in the collision with Fernando Alonso at last weekend's US Grand Prix. The stewards accepted Alpine's protest against the decision to penalise alonso's seventh-place US grand prix result.
Alpine announces reserve driver Oscar Piastri as alonso's replacement for 2023. He denies he had signed a deal as he angled for a move to aston Martin. But he says he was 'surprised' by the situation.
