Alex Albon believes the Turkish Grand Prix stewards were completely wrong to punish AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly for his first corner run-in with Fernando Alonso. In the commotion of the opening lap dive into Istanbul Park's Turn 1, Gasly was sandwiched between Alonso on his right and Red Bull's Sergio Perez on his left. As the trio negotiated the corner side-by-side, the Frenchman drifted a bit away from Perez but in doing so made contact with Alonso and nudged the Alpine driver into a spin. The incident was immediately investigated by the stewards who handed a five-second time penalty to Gasly and two penalty points. It was a harsh sanction by any measure, although FIA race director Michael...
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