Aston Martin has lodged a petition to overview the 10-second time penalty and three factors on Alonso’s licence that had been handed down for a collision he had with Carlos Sainz within the Chinese language Grand Prix dash.
A stewards’ assembly has been known as for 8am in Miami on Friday to guage whether or not or not Aston Martin has gathered a major and related sufficient new piece of proof to justify a recent listening to over the matter.
Talking forward of the Miami GP, Alonso didn’t need to go into too many particulars concerning the case, however stated there have been some vital solutions that Aston Martin was chasing.
And specifically, the Spaniard says that they need some readability when it comes to why he seems to have been singled out so harshly for incidents in latest races – which included the sanction he obtained for his defensive driving in opposition to George Russell on the ultimate lap of the Australian GP that triggered a crash.
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15
Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
“Clearly we’ve totally different opinions, however this occurs in any sport,” stated Alonso.
“Even if you watch soccer on TV, relying on which staff you’re, it is a yellow card or pink card or not. I feel we can have totally different opinions as properly at all times.
“However I feel that in China, I feel 99% of the folks had been having fun with the dash occasion and the battles, and I feel I had the toughest penalty of the race.
“So perhaps it was a little bit bit complicated there, however let’s examine tomorrow.”
And with penalties having been given to him in each Australia and China, Alonso reckoned that it was vital that he and the staff obtained some solutions about why sure choices had been taken.
“The principles are the principles, and we settle for these,” he stated. “Typically we agree, generally we disagree, however we’ve to just accept it as a result of they [the stewards] have all the ability to make these choices, and so they have all of the understanding of the principles.
“However, as I stated, I had the toughest penalty within the final two occasions in Australia and in China, so it is good to make it possible for every part is okay and nothing else is occurring.”