Does Alfa-Sauber lose a championship point at the green table?

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In the case of Sainz (who flipped Alonso), this quartet decided to give the Spaniard a five-second penalty for the final restart behind the safety car: Nish Shetty (Singapore), Loic Bacquelaine (Luxembourg), Christopher McMahon (Australia) and driver representatives Enrique Bernoldi (Brazil).

The now 44-year-old South American was once a point of contention between Sauber and its main sponsor Red Bull. The residents of Hinwil rejected Bulls’ favorite Bernoldi!

Vasseur: «Punish unfairly!»

The penalty dropped the Spaniard from fourth to twelfth and last place. The Reds raged. The time penalty was unjustified. Team boss Frédéric Vasseur, who is slowly coming under criticism: “There was no penalty for Gasly and Ocon for the same offense, as with the crash De Vries and sinner Sargeant in the same corner and situation!”

With this argument alone, there is still no new evidence on the table. And only these lead to a resumption of proceedings at the videoconference! This must then be completed as soon as possible (before Baku).

Who would lose points?

Surprisingly, should Ferrari regain the 12 points for the championship, Sainz would still only be fifth with 32 points. How Ferrari then remains fourth with 40 points behind Red Bull-Honda (123), Aston Martin-Mercedes (65) and Mercedes (56).

Alpha Tauri with pilot Tsunoda (10th) is one of the “losers” – neither would have world championship points in 2023. Alfa-Sauber driver Zhou would drop from 9th to last in the points.

McLaren-Mercedes would only have eight points instead of twelve. Haas-Ferrari (now 7th Hulkenberg) would only take four points instead of six.

Source : Blick