Alfa Romeo’s appeal against the penalty handed out to Kimi Raikkonen in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has been dismissed by the stewards following the Portuguese Grand Prix. Raikkonen finished ninth originally but was hit by a stop-and-go penalty that equated to 30 seconds of race time for an issue relating to the order behind the safety car ahead of a rolling race restart. Although the team was able to successfully argue that the stewards had wrongly stated the penalty was necessary to ensure the consistent application of the rules, a subsequent hearing on Sunday proved unsuccessful.
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