Autobayng News Team
Fernando Alonso flew into a rage on his radio after narrowly failing to beat Lewis Hamilton to seventh place in the Singapore Grand Prix.
The Aston Martin driver questioned why Hamilton was allowed to continue driving on the track at reduced speed as he suffered with a brake problem.
Alonso suggested the stewards had been lenient with Hamilton when they chose not to penalise him for a potential red flag infringement yesterday. He pointed out he had almost been disqualified for a loose front wing in a race three years earlier.
He began his expletive-filled rant after crossing the finishing line less than half a second behind Hamilton. Alonso caught the Ferrari driver rapidly as Hamilton struggled with his brakes at the end of the race.
The stewards confirmed Hamilton committed four track limits breaches in quick succession in the final laps. These were enough to trigger a penalty.
The stewards handed Hamilton a five-second time penalty for “leaving the track without a justifiable reason, multiple times.” Hamilton told them he went off the track because he was managing a brake problem.
“During the hearing, the driver confirmed that he left the track at several occasions,” they noted. “He was trying to manage a brakes issue.
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“This being said, after further investigation, and in accordance with the list of exemptions foreseen in the Driving Standards Guidelines, the stewards considered that this was not a justifiable reason
and apply the usual penalty for such type of infringement. This was not contested by the team representative nor the driver.”
Hamilton’s five second time penalty drops him from seventh to eighth in the race result, behind Alonso.
Alonso’s radio messages from the end of the Singapore Grand Prix
| Vizard | Approaching turn 10 Strat five now, strat five now. |
| Alonso | Alonso takes the chequered flag behind Hamilton Oh fucking hell, mate. I cannot believe it. |
| Vizard | Yeah, he knew it. |
| Alonso | I cannot fucking believe it, I cannot fucking believe it! I mean, I cannot fucking believe it. I cannot fucking believe it. Is it safe to drive with no brakes? He should… |
| Vizard | Yeah, no, no. We are looking into it, we agree. We’re checking track limits and stuff as well. Let’s see, he took some margin there. Run switch warm-up, mate, run switch warm up. That is P8 anyway, so good recovery. |
| Alonso | Yeah, but this should be fucking P7. I mean, you cannot drive… |
| Vizard | Yeah, it may well be. |
| Alonso | …like if you are alone on track. Yeah, I mean. no respect the red flag yesterday, today free track for them. Maybe too much. |
| Vizard | Run switch warm-up, run switch warm-up. MFB blue override position 12. MFB blue override, position 12. Hamilton does have over four strikes for track limits anyway. I don’t know if that’s the brake issue. |
| Alonso | Yeah, five seconds minimum. |
| Vizard | Yeah so at least we did our best there, mate. P8, sorry we made it difficult for you. |
| Alonso | For me, you cannot drive when the car is unsafe, you know. Sometimes they tried to disqualify me with no mirror. And now you have no brakes and everything is fine? I doubt it. |
| Vizard | His last two laps were a 2 minute 09.147s. Good overtaking, that was good to watch. Hamilton has been reported for track limits and for the dangerous car as well, mate. We’ll see soon. |
| Alonso | Yeah, man, it’s clear. |
| Vizard | Just so you know. |
| Alonso | Thank you, guys. |
| Vizard | So when you pull up, just P1 and then P0, please. See you back here. |
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