Roger Wright94 said:It wasn't that "they" notified him; rather, from what I understand, Charlie W. suggested it might be better to just let him go so the stewards wouldn't even have to look at the "incident."
Since the stewards clearly did investigate the situation, they ended up making a call that went right against Alonso.
I'm wondering, is there anywhere we can actually see or read the official ruling? Which specific rule was used to penalize Alonso?
And is it even possible that the stewards were being influenced or pressured by Charlie W.?
Also, why was the fact that Kubica and Alonso were side-by-side in that corner ignored? Being forced off the track was purely detrimental to Alonso, not helpful.
What exactly did he gain from that? Kubica had practically already been overtaken.
Total robbery by Charlie W.! 👎
FIA Sporting Regulations, Article 16
But there is something quite interesting tucked away in there:
Unless the race director feels it is absolutely certain that a driver breached any of the aforementioned rules, any incidents involving multiple cars will typically be investigated following the race.
So, if I'm reading this correctly, if Charlie decides it isn't crystal clear whether a driver broke a rule (and there was no blatant cutting of a chicane or gaining an unfair advantage...), then the incident should be dealt with after the race is over.
It seems a bit odd to me, though, because we rarely see incidents pushed to a post-race investigation. Usually, that only happens when there's a massive pile-up involving several cars and they need telemetry and all sorts of data to feel confident in their decision.
In this case, it looks like a straight-up mistake by Ferrari. If they had just told Charlie immediately that they felt the move was legitimate—that Kubica essentially pushed Alonso off while they were running parallel—maybe Charlie would have stayed quiet after the initial warning and waited for a post-race review instead.