The Aston Martin driver thrust the difficulty of penalties into the highlight on the Miami Grand Prix when he recommended some drivers acquired away unpunished in incidents as a result of they have 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 inside the boundaries of what’s allowed, whereas he was irritated that Lewis Hamilton acquired away with an aggressive first nook within the Miami dash.
“I assume they will not resolve something, as a result of he is not Spanish,” mentioned Alonso instantly after the Saturday race when requested what the FIA would resolve on Hamilton.
“However I believe he ruined the race for a number of individuals, particularly Norris, who had a really quick automotive 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 acquired about issues bettering 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 Autosport how helpful his chat with Ben Sulayem was.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President, FIA
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“He is aware of that we’re those driving the automobiles and that we will have some recommendations on issues.
“There are a few factors that we have to tackle 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 just a little bit extra constant.”
Autosport understands that the FIA is near finalising the introduction of a clearer set of driver pointers for F1 and different classes that may carry additional 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 features of racing – together with overtaking, defending and observe 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 higher consistency throughout all classes.
In the mean time, the rules that F1 drivers are working underneath primarily deal with who has the precise to a nook, and have to be left racing room, amid the combat for positions on the entry to a nook. They got here into power in the beginning of 2022.
Aston Martin staff principal Mike Krack, whose staff had been unsuccessful in attempting to hunt a overview of Alonso’s China dash penalty, mentioned that higher consistency could 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 have been working to.
“There’s two parts there – one is clearly we would like constant judgements,” mentioned Krack.
“However however, we have now additionally launched new pointers for this season – and generally possibly we fall foul additionally a bit to be caught in the best way we have now been driving earlier than.
“Generally you suppose they need to be extra constant. However relying on which finish [of the penalty] you’re, clearly, you [have] a special interpretation of consistency.
“However I believe all people needs consistency. Everyone ought to look over the rules, together with ourselves, after which we take a contemporary begin.”
Further reporting by Filip Cleeren and Charles Bradley