Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso of Spain was cleared to ride in the European Grand Prix in his home country after Renault won an appeal Monday to overturn a one-race suspension.
The governing body of motor sports had suspended Renault from Sunday’s race in Valencia, contending the team allowed Alonso to leave the pit lane with a loose wheel during last month’s Hungarian GP.
But the French Motor Sport Federation overturned the suspension before the appeals panel at motor racing’s Paris headquarters. Renault was instead fined $50,000.
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