Fernando Alonso lost his cool after the FIA’s huge blunder at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The veteran racer became enraged and threw his jacket and hat to the ground while protesting at race officials.
Fernando Alonso lost his cool at the FIA during the Hungarian Grand Prix. Photo: Rex He was so enraged he threw his jacket and hat to the ground. Photo: X
Alonso was furious at the incident in qualifying and lashed out at race organisers afterwards.
His complaint was directed at the FIA’s red flag after Sergio Pérez crashed at Turn 6 – the second of the session.
The 42-year-old Alonso was doing a hot lap at the time and was unfortunately stopped.
The Spaniard finished seventh on the grid but lamented “mistakes” made by the FIA.
He said: “The truth is that sometimes the FIA makes the right decisions and sometimes they make big mistakes. Today they made a mistake.”
“I was surprised when the red flag came out when I was in the last corner. There was an accident at Turn 8.” [five]Usually they always wait for the car to complete a lap, that’s the “lip service convention”.
“Once we entered the pit lane, Lance and I were put into parc ferme and the pit lane was closed.
“They ushered us into parc ferme, we got out of the car and we were told that Q3 was going to start again.
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“We got back in the car, got our seatbelts fastened and went to the garage. We didn’t go out again because the tire was gone.”
Alonso’s race also did not go to plan, dropping back a few places to finish in 11th place.
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