The FIA has announced that Mercedes has been fined €7,500 with George Russell given a warning after a near miss with Fernando Alonso in final practice at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Alonso was completing a fast lap in the closing stages of FP3 at Zandvoort when he moved across the circuit, seemingly in search of a tow from Russell’s car ahead.

FIA fines Mercedes, warns George Russell after Dutch GP incident

Russell moved to the right towards the pit entry, squeezing Alonso between the Mercedes and the wall as the pair almost made contact.

Russell aborted his decision to pit and elected to continue on the circuit as Alonso went straight through the pit lane without stopping.

Alonso appeared to point the finger at Russell in the immediate aftermath of the incident, telling Aston Martin over t

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