Fernando Alonso does not hold back: “It cannot be that my press chief can be faster than Verstappen. If I have more attributes, I have to be faster than him”
Fernando Alonso left one of the reflections of the weekend after the dispute of the classification of the Spanish F1 GP in Madring last Saturday. The Asturian felt “sad” to see that in a curve that was a great challenge for everyone like the Madring bank, ‘La Monumental’, it was not the hands that made a difference but rather the amount of available electrical energy that each propeller had.
He also referred to the previous words of the president of the FIA, Ben Sulayemwho had previously said that he wanted to help Fernando with some change that would allow Honda to recover sooner after its initial problems with engine power, very far from the rest in terms of top speed.
“I don’t know. I mean, I already have a lot of things to think about, you know, trying to decide what I’m going to do next year. And Yes, I spoke with Ben Sulayem, but I also speak with Stefano Domenicali (CEO of F1) regularly every week because Formula 1 cannot continue like this.”he commented to the written press, among which was MD, beginning a deep reflection on the piloting of this year’s engines.
“We have to do it, we can’t wait until 2031 to have a proper sport. I think it’s my responsibility too. help them with my experience to do everything we can to carry out these types of things,” he said.
We have to do it, we can’t wait until 2031 to have a proper sport. I think it is also my responsibility to help you with my experience to do everything we can
“It’s sad”
And then, he gave the clear example of ‘La Monumental’.
“In turn 12, whoever is the fastest there, I don’t want to mention a name, but they can’t… (thinks and looks at his press officer, right next to him). It can’t be Michael (Clayton), faster than Max Verstappen if he has more battery, because turn 12 is such an incredible corner that it has to be Max Verstappen who makes the difference compared to Michael, and right now, we can’t,” he explained. And he continued.
“It’s sad, you know, in a way, with this generation of cars, to come to circuits as beautiful as this one, with challenges here and there, like the Monumental curve, 10-12. And the driver’s contribution is that Michael (his press manager) can drive better on 10-12 because you go full throttle without deploying electrical energy and, at a given moment, the electric power comes in and then you go faster at the start,” he noted.
Come to circuits as beautiful as this one, with challenges like the Monumental curve, 10-12. And the driver’s contribution is that Michael (his press officer) can drive better because you go full throttle without the use of electric power and suddenly the electric power comes in and you go faster to the exit.
“Formula 1, or motorsports in general, should be that, in 10-12, if Michael is braver than me, then go faster. If I give him, you know, more ‘attributes’ (he said it without saying another word), I will go faster than him. This is how a classification should be decided. Instead, now it simply depends on how much battery I have: with more battery I go faster or slower,” he concluded regarding the new engine regulations.
