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Originally Posted by GingerPixel
George panicked and binned it. Fernando's response on instagram is very sensible.
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Alonso may be peeved at receiving the penalty, but it's very telling that the team have accepted the penalty and are not appealing against it.
When you have another car tucked in behind you - 0.5 secs at the point that he first braked 100 metres early than would be reasonably expected based on all his previous laps, then a jab on the accelerator before braking again and downshifting - it has to be considered erratic and potentially dangerous.
And having viewed all the data available from both teams, that is what the Stewards decided happened. I'm sure that the team would have appealed if they felt that they had a reasonable case to argue, but I would think that they didn't and so the haven't.