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On lap 21 of the Formula 1 American Grand Prix, a major accident happened: Lance Stroll tried to defend himself from Fernando Alonso after the safety car was restarted, and Alpine’s Spaniard began the overtaking maneuver hiding from the shadows of the wind.


However, the Aston Martin also shifted to the left, and there was an obstacle on the Alonso road: this resulted in a collision that scattered a lot of debris, where no one was injured – miraculously even the two-time champion’s car. somehow escaped the accident, which finished seventh.

Stroll was not so lucky, he immediately gave up the race. The commissioners also penalized him, bringing him back three places on the grid of the Mexico City Grand Prix.

“I certainly moved late, but the difference in pace was big. I left him a lot of space on the left side of the track, it wasn’t that I had pressed him against the wall,” Stroll defended in front of the press. Alonso didn’t say much about what his teammate did or didn’t do the following year, praising Alpine instead. “The car is very powerful. Whoever has problems with Alpine will lose,” said the Spaniard with a laugh. “We changed the tires and the front wing and continued. It’s amazing that the car completed the race and we finished seventh.”

However, Alonso’s result became dubious after a warning was presented against him: