Saturday, August 5 2006 15:40 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

London: Fernando Alonso is showing the signs of pressure after race stewards at the Hungaroring punished the reigning world champion for dangerous driving on Friday.

The Renault driver has been slapped with a two second time penalty that has effectively ruined his race weekend on a track that is notoriously difficult to pass.

In a statement after the session, the stewards stated that the Spaniard would have two seconds added to his fastest lap in each stage of Saturday's qualifying.

Grid position is crucial at the Hungaroring, a slow and twisty circuit sometimes described as 'Monaco without the houses' where overtaking is rare.

The three stewards summoned the 25-year-old driver after an incident with Red Bull's Dutch driver Robert Doornbos in the afternoon free practice session.

They found that Alonso had made hand gestures at Doornbos and veered his car off the normal racing line towards the Dutchman on the pit straight. "Alonso having thus expressed his discontent with Doornbos then entered turn one with Doornbos following him and caused his car to slow to an unusual and unexpected degree, causing Doornbos to take avoiding action," they said in a statement.

"The stewards regard Alonso's actions as unnecessary, unacceptable and dangerous," he said.

A one second penalty will be added to his fastest lap times in each of the three part qualifying, with another second added for overtaking under yellow warning flags at the end of the same session.

Renault ruled out an appeal.