Luckily it did not pass during qualifying. Luckily it was only in some Free. Yes, it would have surely meant a sanction, but what a greater penalty there is in monaco to lose your Q1, Q2 or Q3 lap because another driver be in the middle of the track. That was exactly what happened to Fernando Alonso in rehearsals…
What happened to him with Sergio Pérez. What happened to him with a Red Bull that, being he in fast lap, it was right in the middle of the track. He was where he should not and cannot be, but where sometimes there is no choice but to be knowing what the Monte Carlo track is like.
And Alonso’s anger on the radio was monumental. Because Fernando did not give credit what his eyes saw. Because, of course, he was more than annoyed to find himself, who knows if again, with a car in full line on his lap.
“The thing about these guys is incredible”
“The thing about these guys is incredible…”, the Asturian began by saying his radio.
It was of little use that Aston Martin told him that everything was fine: “You’ve done the best you could.”
“I don’t mind! In my slow laps I will be in the middle of the lines”, ended by saying Fernando.
Alonso was second in the first session of the Monaco Free Practice. This Grand Prix is marked in red for him and for Aston Martin... and is that victory 33 could be hours away.
