“The team acted fairly and felt the car was still structurally safe following Fernando’s incident with Lance Stroll on lap 22 of the race, with the right side mirror detached from the chassis following crash damage. .
Alpine recalls that the FIA ”has the right to put black flag and orange to a car during the race if he considers it dangerous” but on that occasion “he assessed the car and decided not to act”. “Furthermore, after the race, the FIA technical delegate considered the car to be legal,” Alpine said.
“The team also believes that because the protest was filed 24 minutes after the deadline, it should not have been accepted and therefore the sanction should be considered invalid. Following this point, the team has protested against the admissibility of the original complaint of Haas F1 Team.
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