The Aston Martin driver thrust the difficulty of penalties into the highlight on the Miami Grand Prix when he prompt 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 throughout 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 assume they will not resolve something, as a result of he isn’t Spanish,” mentioned Alonso instantly after the Saturday race when requested what the FIA would resolve on Hamilton.
“However I feel he ruined the race for just a few individuals, 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 mentioned he’s inspired by the suggestions he has obtained about issues enhancing sooner or later.
“I spoke with him and he is all the time on board on each opinion that the drivers have,” mentioned Alonso, when requested by Motorsport.com how helpful his chat with Ben Sulayem was.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President, FIA
Photograph by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Photographs
“He is aware of that we’re those driving the vehicles and that we are able to have some solutions on issues.
“There are a few factors that we have to handle as a sport. However he has all the time listened to us. Let’s have a look at if we make F1 a greater sport and a bit of bit extra constant.”
Motorsport.com understands that the FIA is near finalising the introduction of a clearer set of driver pointers for F1 and different classes that may carry 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 may cowl all facets of racing – together with overtaking, defending and monitor 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 larger consistency throughout all classes.
For the time being, the rules that F1 drivers are working beneath primarily concentrate on who has the suitable to a nook, and should be left racing room, amid the combat for positions on the entry to a nook. They got here into drive at first of 2022.
Aston Martin workforce principal Mike Krack, whose workforce had been unsuccessful in attempting to hunt a overview of Alonso’s China dash penalty, mentioned that larger consistency can be welcomed by everybody in F1.
He mentioned it was particularly vital 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 components there – one is clearly we would like constant judgements,” mentioned Krack.
“However then again, now we have additionally launched new pointers for this season – and generally perhaps we fall foul additionally a bit to be caught in the way in which now we have been driving earlier than.
“Generally you suppose they need to be extra constant. However relying on which finish [of the penalty] you might be, clearly, you [have] a special interpretation of consistency.
“However I feel all people desires consistency. All people ought to look over the rules, together with ourselves, after which we take a recent begin.”
Further reporting by Filip Cleeren and Charles Bradley
