“That they take away my dance,” said the Spaniard, who was happy in the mixed zone hours before learning of the rectification, although he criticized the delay of the commissioners when applying the 10 seconds
Fernando Alonso he is still a happy man. Has no one told you? He just lost the podium due to a penalty. But Alonso appears in the mixed zone with a smile from ear to ear, happy as if nothing had happened, as if he knew that they would soon return it to him. With the smell of champagne still in his overalls, the Aston Martin leader is simply not willing to let the commissioners of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) embitter his achievements. He has led the race in Jeddah, he has been the fastest behind the Red Bull…
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A rectified nonsense at dawn
A rectified nonsense at dawn
“I don’t care, I love that they take my dance away. If they had told me before I got on the podium, it might have hurt more, but now, after the celebration, the champagne…”, Alonso commented in an attitude that he did not it was facade. Before and after appearing before the media, he was happy, hugging his mechanics, chatting with them, not at all bitter about what had happened. Of course, the Spaniard, like his bosses at Aston Martin, did not understand that the FIA took so long to punish him.
“From the pit stop they had 35 laps [en realidad 32] to think about the penalty and they ran out of time. For an hour the FIA was able to review the images and did not. He has done everything wrong”, launched Alonso, always so direct. The complaint did not refer to the delay for having avoided the podium ceremony, rather to the fact that, if he had known about the second punishment before, he could have repaired it on the asphalt.Its advantage over George Russellwho finally finished third, was just over five seconds, but he could have increased that lead.
“If they told me that I have a 10-second penalty, I would have taken 11 or 12 seconds from Russell. I could have gone faster, I had a little more. The Red Bulls were far away and that’s why for me it was a race to control the Mercedes and the Ferrari”, analyzed who also maintains the third position in the World Cup behind max verstappen and Czech Prez. “I don’t know if I’m still at my best for getting on the podium or if I haven’t assimilated it yet, but I’m left with a good taste in my mouth,” Alonso concluded.
Aston Martin’s response
Late at night in the street circuit of Saudi Arabia, those in charge of Aston Martin assured that they were studying a claim, that they had not benefited from the touch of the rear jack in Alonso’s car. Much later, they were successful and regained third place.
“We have not worked on the car in the five seconds of the first penalty, in fact we spent more time to add margin and so that there were no problems,” the team director said before, Mike Krack, without moving an eyebrow, showing off his amazing tranquility. “Equally, whatever happens, we have to keep the positive aspects of the race. We have not stolen that podium by doing a trick, we have been competing at the top, we have finished third with a margin over fourth”, argued the manager with with an eye already set on the next race, in Australia. Like Jeddah, supposedly an unfavorable circuit for Aston Martin, too fast, but after all, a return to the podium is more than possible.
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