The Aston Martin driver thrust the difficulty of penalties into the highlight on the Miami Grand Prix when he steered some drivers obtained away unpunished in incidents as a result of they had been “not Spanish.”
It got here off the again of him incomes penalties within the Australian Grand Prix and China dash race for driving that he thought was inside the boundaries of what’s allowed, whereas he was aggravated that Lewis Hamilton obtained away with an aggressive first nook within the Miami dash.
“I suppose they will not determine something, as a result of he is not Spanish,” stated Alonso instantly after the Saturday race when requested what the FIA would determine on Hamilton.
“However I feel he ruined the race for just a few folks, particularly Norris, who had a really quick automobile and he was out in that incident.”
Alonso was noticed deep in dialog with Ben Sulayem in Miami after making his remarks, and has stated he’s inspired by the suggestions he has obtained about issues bettering sooner or later.
“I spoke with him and he is at all times on board on each opinion that the drivers have,” stated Alonso, when requested by Autosport how helpful his chat with Ben Sulayem was.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President, FIA
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“He is aware of that we’re those driving the vehicles and that we will have some options on issues.
“There are a few factors that we have to handle as a sport. However he has at all times listened to us. Let’s have a look at if we make F1 a greater sport and a bit of bit extra constant.”
Autosport understands that the FIA is near finalising the introduction of a clearer set of driver pointers for F1 and different classes that can deliver further readability to what’s anticipated from them in how they behave.
Discussions have already taken place with events, together with the Grand Prix Drivers’ Affiliation (GPDA), to assist pull collectively a doc that can cowl all facets of racing – together with overtaking, defending and observe limits.
The plan is for the brand new pointers to be in place for the beginning of 2025 when they are going to be enshrined within the Worldwide Sporting Code. They are going to be utilized to all ranges of racing to make sure higher consistency throughout all classes.
In the meanwhile, the rules that F1 drivers are working beneath primarily concentrate on who has the precise to a nook, and have to be left racing room, amid the battle for positions on the entry to a nook. They got here into drive in the beginning of 2022.
Aston Martin staff principal Mike Krack, whose staff had been unsuccessful in making an attempt to hunt a evaluate of Alonso’s China dash penalty, stated that higher consistency can be welcomed by everybody in F1.
He stated it was particularly necessary for this season with stewards now handing out harder 10-second penalties for driving offences as a part of a brand new set of pointers they had been working to.
“There’s two parts there – one is clearly we wish constant judgements,” stated Krack.
“However then again, we have now additionally launched new pointers for this season – and typically perhaps we fall foul additionally a bit to be caught in the way in which we have now been driving earlier than.
“Generally you assume they need to be extra constant. However relying on which finish [of the penalty] you’re, clearly, you [have] a unique interpretation of consistency.
“However I feel all people desires consistency. Everyone ought to look over the rules, together with ourselves, after which we take a recent begin.”
Further reporting by Filip Cleeren and Charles Bradley
