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Alpine cleared over loose wheel for Alonso, keeps point

by Phillip Horton
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Alpine cleared over loose wheel for Alonso, keeps point

Fernando Alonso (ESP) Alpine F1 Team A522. Austrian Grand Prix, Sunday 10th July 2022. Spielberg, Austria.

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Fernando Alonso has escaped sanction following Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix after being investigated for an unsafe release.

Alonso came into the pits during the Virtual Safety Car period but came in a lap later after complaining of vibrations from the left-front.

It emerged that the wheel had worked its way loose, prompting Alonso to pit once more, eventually coming home at the foot of the top 10.

Stewards investigated the situation and deemed that “there is nothing in the video [evidence] to indicate that the pit stop was anything other than a normal pit stop.”

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Nothing was wrong with the A522 until just before Turn 3, where the left-front wheel “slightly disengages from the car by a very small amount.”

Alonso informed Alpine at this point that another pit stop was required but did not divulge further details, stating he was unable to see the rim of the wheel.

Stewards concurred that there was “still nothing obvious” from Alonso’s vantage point and that he was able to continue to the pit lane.

The FIA inspected the components post-race and deemed that the damage to the wheel and axle were consistent with a parts failure.

As a result it was concluded that the wheel was fully fitted and that prior to the failure all retention systems worked as designed.

Despite the setback, fifth place for Esteban Ocon, along with Alonso’s point, lifted Alpine level with McLaren on 81 points in the battle for fourth in the standings.

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  1. Martin Elliott says:
    3 years ago

    The FIA making it up again.
    All systems worked as intended – BUT Came LOOSE. That means NOT AS INTENDED.

    Is there maybe a stop so it can only become slightly loos but need a tool to get it fully off. Why?

    Strange this year FIA claim the cars performance is perfect, but so many ‘niggles’ and no interpretation/balance rules up to decades out of use!

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