Fernando Alonso has taken goal on the FIA and feels “something is really wrong in the system” over his late penalty that value him a podium within the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
The Aston Martin driver completed third on observe, negating an preliminary five-second penalty for lining up incorrectly in his grid place at first.
But, after the rostrum ceremony, he was given one other 10-second penalty for work beginning on his automobile when the primary penalty was served in his pitstop, dropping behind George Russell and to fourth within the ultimate outcomes.
It duly denied Alonso his a centesimal F1 profession rostrum, however reasonably than argue with the choice the Spaniard was pissed off at how slowly the penalty arrived given he pitted on lap 18 of the 50-lap race when the incident occurred.
“I think today is not good for the fans, when you have 35 laps to apply a penalty and to inform about the penalty,” Alonso stated.
“You await after the rostrum, there’s something actually unsuitable within the system, but it surely’s the way in which it’s.
“I really feel sorry for the followers. But I actually loved the rostrum. I had the trophy, I had photos, I celebrated with the champagne and now to have 15 factors or 12 factors it actually would not change a lot for me.
“But it’s a bit sad for the FIA.”
Alonso felt the FIA should pace up its penalty determination reasonably than overhaul the method, as he felt had he been informed concerning the 10-second penalty throughout the race he may have pulled out an even bigger hole over Russell in a bid to maintain third place.
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin F1 Team, third place, celebrates along with his crew in Parc Ferme
Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images
“I think it needs to come back to common sense. We don’t need to invent anything,” Alonso defined.
“The factor is that they informed me you’ve 5 seconds penalty. So I push just a little bit more durable. And I open seven seconds and I pay the penalty. In the second stint there was no investigation, no data. No nothing.
“If someone tells me you have 10 seconds I open 11 seconds.”
Alonso did maintain his arms up for the preliminary penalty for being outdoors his grid field and desires to assessment the onboard footage to keep away from an analogous incident.
“I need to re-watch the race. But apparently I was too much on the left,” he stated.
“So it was my mistake I must pay extra consideration to that could be a little bit additionally unusual that in two races, two vehicles, Esteban and myself. We have related issues.
“So maybe this is cars, or the Halo, whatever it is interacting with the vision of how we position the car. But anyway, that was my mistake.”
