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PALMER: Why the teams will need to tighten up their procedures after a spate of recent penalties

Former F1 Driver

Jolyon Palmer
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Aston Martin's Spanish driver Fernando Alonso pits during the third practice session ahead of the

At the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and for the second race in a row, a driver has been penalised for a start position infringement, something that has so rarely happened before in Formula 1.

There’s been a clampdown from the FIA on positioning on the grid, with Fernando Alonso emulating his former team mate Esteban Ocon in copping a five-second penalty in Jeddah.

What exaggerated the penalty damage for both was their teams’ subsequent failure to serve the five seconds correctly.

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