Criticism of the FIA filled the Alpine garage after the Miami Grand Prix race due to the penalty imposed on Fernando Alonso when he shortened the second sector chicane and gained some time.
This caused the Spaniard to finish outside the points zone by a few thousandths and, despite the fact that both his team and the pilot himself assured that they returned the advantage they gained when they left the track, the international federation did not change its opinion.
In the run-up to the last Spanish Grand Prix, the two-time world champion pointed out the “incompetence of the stewards”, in addition to assuring that his team had presented evidence to show that he had returned the time he got in Miami.
Although Alonso was unable to get the FIA to talk about what happened, the Spaniard explained that he had a conversation with the president of the governing body, Mohammed ben Sulayem . In his talk on Friday before the test in Spain, the pilot and the person in charge of the federation gave their point of view on what happened with the stewards.
“We talk during the week too,” said the Alpine. “As I said, I am a very good friend of Mohammed [ben Sulayem], and I have a lot of confidence in him personally, in how he has managed the FIA and all the changes he is making, as well as other things he wants to improve.
“As I said, I fully support what he is doing and his ideas, and we were talking about Miami,” said the two-time Formula 1 champion. “In general, the year, how it has been, listening to them too, I was able to find out their point of view. view, and I see that I can do things differently and better.
Fernando Alonso lost some valuable points in the opening race in Miami a few weeks ago, and although time has passed since then, the issue is still on the table due to the recurrent problems in the sanctions imposed by the stewards.
After the race at the Spanish Grand Prix where he managed to get into the points with a ninth position after coming back from last place due to a change in the power unit, the Spaniard is aware of what he can do on the track.
“Even though I said I made two mistakes, and went off at Turn 12, I thought, ‘I can’t make the third one because it’s going to be bad.’ Reflecting back from Miami and from Thursday in Barcelona, maybe I see it in a different way. now,” Alonso continued.
“They did their job in Miami, and we see things differently, maybe it’s from the car and in the heat of the moment, so I think we all work together to make the show better,” he explained. Today, for example, the fans saw a super race, and we are all here to help make the show better.”
Asked if the two-time world champion has apologized to the stewards for what happened and the criticism leveled at race management, the Alpine driver replied: “Yes, of course, especially with Mohammed.”
