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Protest rejected: Alfa Romeo finally without points in Hockenheim

The protest of the Alfa Romeo team against the penalty in Hockenheim was, as expected, rejected. The result of the race thus remains unchanged, Williams can keep his only point.

Photo: Hasan Bratić

With the team Alfa Romeo they will not look forward to the points they have won in Hockenheim, but were taken away from them as a result of the mark-up penalty 30 seconds, which was received by both racers Kimi Raikkonen in Antonio Giovinazzi. Race result v Hockenheim thus it remains unchanged and the Alpha without points. Raikkonen in Giovinazzi they originally finished the race in places sedem in eight, but after the race they received a penalty because their clutches did not comply with the rules. Pri standing start on a wet track, you could clutch Alfa Romeo theoretically imitated anti-slip system bicycles, was stated at the time in the reasoning of the judgment.

The clutch of both Alfa Romeo cars, in the race for the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim, was not in accordance with the rules, so both racers received a 30-second mark-up penalty after the race.

Because of the punishment of both Alf, both racers of the team climbed to seventh and eighth place Haas, Romain Grosjean in Kevin Magnussen, Lewis Hamilton, who finished the race outside the top ten, advanced to ninth place and was tenth, much to the delight of the team Williams, Robert Kubica, which is a team from the town Whole grained brought so far the only point of this year's championship.

These lost ten points would be important both for the team in the construction championship and for Kimi Raikkonen among the racers - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Za Alfa Romeo would these ten points for places 7 and 8 were very important because that would make the team Racing Point approached at only one point. Also for Chemistry Raikkonen those six points would mean a lot in the race championship because Finn would rise from 13th place to the top ten (ninth place).    

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