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Originally Posted by Rusty Nail
I always thought "parking" your car on the apex was a legit tactic which of course if you got it wrong or the following car anticipated it then it left you vulnerable on the following straight. Maybe the result triggered the inquiry rather than the actual action. Would there have been an enquiry had Russell not crashed?
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There is always the possibility that Russell or the team would have passed on their thoughts to the Stewards in respect of the fact that Alonso had "brake tested" him.
It is interesting reading the Stewards' report, and they do say that they did did not take into account the consequences of the crash. The penalty was given because he either drove unnecessarily slowly, drove erratically or in a manner considered to be potentially dangerous.
The Stewards considered that he did drive in a manner that was potentially dangerous. taking into consideration his early lifting, braking, accelerating, braking again and downshifting all 100 metres earlier than any other lap.