Alpine believes its protest of Alonso's penalty in the US GP helped draw a 'line in the sand' for the use of F1's black-and-orange flag.
The stewards ultimately ruled in Alpine's favour, ensuring Alonso regained P7 in Austin, but the case led to talks over the use of the black-and-orange flag in F1 for minor damage.
Alpine sporting director Alan Permane welcomed the FIA's ruling and said he was encouraged by talks over what would be considered enough damage to warrant intervention. "I don't think anyone, maybe apart from Haas, felt that having a mirror knocked off in an accident that wasn't your fault. And then that drive Fernando did, he should have kept that seventh place.
"This is still ongoing. I'm sure at the Technical Advisory Committee and the Sporting Advisory Committee, those levels will discuss it more, but a little bit of line in the sand has been drawn.Permane said that FIA technical chiefs Jo Bauer and Nikolas Tombazis had specifically said that a black-and-orange flag would no longer be used for a missing wing mirror, something he said was"sensible place.
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