Aston Martin F1 believes FIA’s harshness with Alonso is down to him being ‘defensive’

Throughout the first races of the 2024 Formula 1 season, several controversial episodes occurred in which Fernando Alonso was the protagonist. The most popular was Australian Grand Prixwhere he performed a “brake test” on the penultimate lap on George Russell, and made contact with Carlos Sainz in the sprint event. Chinese Grand Prix.

On those occasions, the Asturian received points on his super license and time penalties, although all of this can be explained by the fact that he always had to defend his position with fewer weapons. This is because AMR24 is a lot Faster over one lap than over long distancesDrivers who go faster are attacked from all sides.

During the Miami Grand Prix, the Aston Martin director was asked: Mike Crackon whether they are trying to increase their performance in qualifying, did not hesitate to point out their Spanish driver: “I think when you look at the last races, we have always qualified much higher than we finished.” [en carrera]This is good on the one hand, but not good on the other hand, because points are given in races and not in classification.

“Unfortunately, this is very difficult for cars, because you start the race in a defensive position, because you know that if you try too hard to attack, you will destroy your tires. So it is not a good situation. We are working hard to get better performance in the race,” he continued. “Last year we had the opposite a bit, so we learned some lessons, but there is a lot of effort put into the race now,” he added.

The reference to Fernando Alonso came at the moment he was being questioned If only being so good on one lap got the FIA ​​stewards cruel“Yes, that’s true. I think it comes down to being defensive, you have to fight hard to defend yourself against faster cars, and I think we’ve done very well so far, because we’ve got more points than our careers are worth.”

“So I think it’s a great accomplishment, but unfortunately it also means you’re in the supervisor’s room,” Mike Crack said.

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