Fernando Alonso vents frustration on FIA after chaotic start

RaceFans has uncovered unaired vigor messages from Fernando Alonso from the Mexican Grand Prix, successful which the two-time satellite champion harshly criticized the FIA ​​and the stewards for the chaotic archetypal lap. The Spaniard was furious that, successful his opinion, immoderate drivers "cut the way and profited", portion he, who took the corners correctly, mislaid positions.

Pit problems

According to RaceFans, Alonso told his technologist instantly aft the start: "I had a bully start, I was up of Sainz and immoderate others, but they missed the 2nd country and present determination are 3 cars successful beforehand of me."

The technologist tried to calm the operator down by saying: "So far, your beforehand helping is moving well," but Alonso was unyielding: "Yes, but it's not fair. I took the country correctly and present I'm successful this position. Something needs to beryllium done. I deliberation determination are 3 oregon 4 cars."

The pits told him that they were monitoring the situation, but that wasn't capable to calm him down. Alonso replied: "Yes, but we cognize they don't recognize the consequences. If they don't springiness america backmost the position, it's because… they conscionable don't recognize thing astir racing. This is not possible. It's conscionable not possible."

As they tried to corroborate everything was recorded from the pits, Alonso continued: "I cognize you're doing everything you can... I anticipation they fto this spell and they'll spot crook 1 and two! Hello?" – aft which the connection was concisely interrupted.

On the 4th lap, seeing the FIA ​​not react, helium resignedly said: "This contention is implicit my friend. We should beryllium eleventh. Let's conscionable tally our race. They person nary idea." Earlier, helium asked sarcastically, "Maybe I should shorten turns 2 and 3 to walk them similar they did, oregon is it amended to enactment connected the track?"

Although helium did not decorativeness the race, Alonso reiterated his dissatisfaction afterwards: “I was assertive successful the archetypal corner, I gained a fewer positions, but past 3 oregon 4 cars appeared successful beforehand of maine aft they chopped the archetypal corner. I don’t deliberation it’s fair. It’s the 2nd clip successful a enactment that each this happens connected the archetypal thigh and the contention absorption looks the different way. I’ll instrumentality enactment of it.”

His comments could pull the attraction of the FIA, arsenic the “good conduct” regulations prohibit nationalist disapproval of the stewards. Sergio Perez felt it past year, but Alonso astir apt avoided a punishment acknowledgment to the information that the messages were not broadcast.