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Alfa Romeo blames FIA communication delay for Raikkonen's stripped points

Ian Parkes & Ewan Gale Monday 19 April 2021 13:59 - Updated: 13:59 Alfa Romeo head of trackside engineering Xevi Pujolar has cited a delay in communication between the team and the FIA as the main contributing factor towards Kimi Raikkonen's points-stripping penalty. Raikkonen had finished ninth at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix but was later handed a stop-go penalty, converted to a 30-second time penalty as it was post-race, for not regaining his position behind the safety car after a spin ahead of the red-flag restart. Article continues under video The time penalty took away his second points finish at Imola in two races and with some confusion as to the exact reasoning for the...
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