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Originally Posted by v8supes
Im not sure its worthy of a penalty imo, Russell had time to react and its not as if Alonso just hit the brakes mid turn. They must have seen the data from the car to justify the penalty but why would Alonso do it? Russell would have got such a huge run on him even before the DRS that holding onto the position would have been almost impossible.
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My reading of the Stewards' report is that Alonso brake tested Russell (it doesn't actually say this, but I think that is what they meant) - he admits that he braked 100 yards earlier than in previous laps, and the telemetry that was available to the Stewards confirmed this, and he also took a different line to his normal one (again confirmed by telemetry). This had the effect of destabilising Russell and was considered to be unsporting.