It's a significant improvement over the Silverstone team's P7 constructors' championship finish from the previous year, but wins are what Stroll Senior really wants.
If the decision is ruled in the Brazilian's favour, Massa could become the last driver to win a driver's championship with Ferrari.
At the initial race start, Verstappen was passed by both George Russell and Hamilton.
The Spaniard set the fastest lap of FP2 just before the Albert Park Circuit began to rain, outpacing Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by 0.445 seconds with a time of 1m 18.887s.
After 20 minutes of FP2, Alonso had the fastest lap with a time of 1 minute, 18.887 seconds. Verstappen was in third place, 0.615 seconds behind Alonso and Leclerc.
Alonso finished second overall with two rounds completed in 2023, trailing only the Red Bull drivers in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
After pulling off the track on Lap 16 and triggering the deployment of the Safety Car, the Canadian driver quickly realised that his promising start was quickly fading.
The scandal came to light when Piquet Jr. himself blew the whistle on the team's actions in exchange for immunity.
The Spaniard has now scored consecutive podium finishes in the opening two races of the 2023 Formula One season.
The Spaniard was defiant, though, and claimed that if he had known about the fine, he would have pulled ahead of the car in back by 11 seconds.